James Thomas
Haigh
Solicitor
411313
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 24 August 2022
Published date: 2 October 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Taylors Solicitors LLP
Address(es): Rawlings House, Exchange Street, Blackburn, BB1 7JN.
Firm ID: 636645
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
James Haigh’s practising certificate for 2021/2022 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Haigh may not act as a manager or owner of any authorised body.
- Subject to the first condition, Mr Haigh may act as a solicitor only as an employee, whose role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Haigh 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.
- Mr Haigh may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
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.
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 7 March 2022
Published date: 6 September 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Taylors Solicitors LLP
Address(es): Rawlings House, Exchange Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7JN
Firm ID: 636645
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 28 Novemebr 2022 the SDT considered and approved an Agreed Outcome.
Mr. Haigh was Struck Off the Roll.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk