Sion
Tudur
Solicitor
299008
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 24 February 2022
Published date: 30 March 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Capital Law LLP
Address(es): Capital Building, Tyndall Street, CARDIFF, CF10 4AZ, Wales.
Firm ID: 439698
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Loosemores
Address(es): Alliance House, 18-19 High Street, CARDIFF, CF10 1PT, Wales.
Firm ID: 61408
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sion Tudur’s practising certificate for 2021/2022 is subject to the following conditions:
- Sion Tudur 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.
- Sion Tudur does not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Other information
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.
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal order
Outcome date: 24 September 2021
Published date: 4 October 2021
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Capital Law LLP
Address(es): Capital Building, Tyndall Street, Cardiff CF10 4AZ
Firm ID: 439693
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Loosemores
Address(es): Alliance House, 18-19 High Street, Cardiff, CF10 1PT
Firm ID: 061408
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.
On 24 September 2021, the SDT considered and approved an Agreed Outcome.
The Tribunal ordered that Mr Tudur:
- Pay a fine of £24,000
- Be subject to conditions imposed by the Tribunal as follows:
- Act as Head of Legal Practice/Compliance Officer for Legal Practice or Head of Finance and Administration/Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration;
- Hold client money other than with leave of the Solicitors Regulation Authority; or
- Act as a signatory on any client account other than with leave of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
- There be liberty to either party to apply to the Tribunal to vary the conditions set out at paragraph 2(a) above.