Jeary & Lewis Limited (Jeary & Lewis Limited)
Block A1 & A2, Methuen South, Methuen Park, Chippenham , SN14 0GT
Recognised body
643163

Decision - Fined

Outcome: Fine

Outcome date: 28 March 2024

Published date: 30 April 2024

Firm details

No detail provided:

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Jeary & Lewis Limited was directed to pay a fixed financial penalty of £750 and costs of £150.

Reasons/basis

Jeary & Lewis Limited is a recognised body whose office is at Block A1 & A2, Methuen South, Methuen Park, Chippenham, SN14 0GT.

Firms must at all times have in place a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) and a compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA).

A firm must designate a person as its COLP and a person as its COFA and the SRA must approve that person before they commence their role.

The COLP and COFA of a firm have specific responsibility for ensuring a firm, its managers and employees comply with the SRA’s regulatory requirements. They are also responsible for recording any breaches and reporting those to the SRA, where necessary.

A firm must promptly notify the SRA if it becomes aware of any material changes to information previously provided to the SRA, by it or on its behalf, including to its compliance officers.

Jeary & Lewis Limited failed to:

• promptly notify the SRA of a material change to the information it had previously provided to the SRA about its COFA in breach of paragraph 3.8(a) of the Code of Conduct for Firms.

The firm failed to remedy this breach after being given notice and reasonable time in which to do so.