Martin
Waters
Solicitor
191520
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 22 November 2023
Published date: 15 January 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Arrans Solicitors Limited
Address(es): 2nd Floor 6 Waterhouse Street HALIFAX HX1 1UQ
Firm ID: 590692
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Elite UK Solicitors Limited
Address(es): 197 Gibbet Street HALIFAX HX1 5JW
Firm ID: 636706
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Martin Keith Waters’s practising certificate for 2023 / 2024 is subject to the following conditions:
- He shall not act as a sole manager or sole owner of any authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- He may act only as a solicitor in an authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- He shall not provide legal services under regulations 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- He shall 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.
- He is not the sole signatory to any client or office account and does not have sole responsibility for client or office account or sole responsibility for authorising client or office account transfers.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest. They are reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 9 March 2023
Published date: 17 April 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Arrans Solicitors Limited
Address(es): 6 Waterhouse Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1UQ
Firm ID: 590692
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Elite UK Solicitors Limited
Address(es): 197 Gibbet Street, Halifax, HX1 5JW
Firm ID: 636706
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Martin Water's practising certificate for 2022/2023 has been granted subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Waters shall not act as a sole manager or sole owner of any authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- Mr Waters may act only as a solicitor in an authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- Mr Waters shall not provide legal services under regulations 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Mr Waters shall 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 Waters is not the sole signatory to any client or office account and does not have sole responsibility for client or office account or sole responsibility for authorising client or office account transfers.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest and reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.