Richard Thomas Clegg
Solicitor
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Decision - Prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Outcome date: 16 March 2017

Published date: 4 October 2017

Firm details

Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: GMS Law Ltd

Address(es): Roxley House, 68 Yarmouth Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0QZ

Firm ID: 466166

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 27 – 29 November 2018.

Mr Clegg was Struck Off the Roll.

The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk

This is subject to an Appeal to the High Court (Administrative Court) by Mr Clegg. The Order remains in force pending the High Court’s decision on the Appeal.

The appeal was heard in the Administrative Court on 24 and 25 July 2019, before the Right Honourable Lord Justice Davis and the Honourable Mr Justice Popplewell. Judgment was reserved and handed down on 13 September 2019.

It was ordered that:

The appeal was dismissed.

See [2019] EWHC 2408 (Admin)