John
Ioannou
Solicitor
137734
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: PC/registration free of conditions
Outcome date: 16 July 2022
Published date: 23 September 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Deveraux Solicitors
Address(es): 127 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6BT
Firm ID: 428395
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
John Ioannou’s 2021/2022 practising certificate has been issued free from conditions.
Reasons/basis
The SRA is satisfied that none of the purposes set out in Regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations or the regulatory objectives contained in the Legal Services Act 2007 and the principles governing regulatory activities in section 28 of that Act make it necessary in the interests of the public to impose any practising certificate condition.Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: PC/registration free of conditions
Outcome date: 16 July 2022
Published date: 25 July 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Deveraux Solicitors
Address(es): 127 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6BT
Firm ID: 428395
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
John Ioannou's 2021/2022 practising certificate has been issued free from conditions.
Reasons/basis
The SRA is satisfied that none of the purposes set out in Regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations or the regulatory objectives contained in the Legal Services Act 2007 and the principles governing regulatory activities in section 28 of that Act make it necessary in the interests of the public to impose any practising certificate condition.
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 27 August 2020
Published date: 19 April 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Devereaux Solicitors
Address(es): First Floor, 127 Cheapside, London EC2V 6BT
Firm ID: 428395
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
Outcome of SDT Hearing
This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which reaches its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Respondent. The Tribunal had certified that there was a case to answer.
The matter was heard on 7 June 2022.
Mr. Ioannou was fined £2,500.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk.
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 10 September 2021
Published date: 13 September 2021
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Devereaux Solicitors
Address(es): First Floor 127 Cheapside London EC2V 6BT
Firm ID: 428395
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
John Ioannou’s practising certificate for 2020/2021 has been granted subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Ioannou is not a manager or owner of any authorised body, authorised non-SRA firm or legal services body.
- Mr Ioannou may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or head of legal practice (HOLP) or head of finance and administration (HOFA) in any authorised non-SRA firm.
- Mr Ioannou may not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account.
- Mr Ioannou may not practise on his own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Mr Ioannou will immediately inform any actual or prospective employer or organisation to whom he provides consultancy services of these conditions and the reasons for their imposition.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.