The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has moved to reiterate their position on the disqualification of Lloyd Davies after he published an apology in Today’s Conveyancer this week.
Accusing the CLC of ‘incompetent and draconian actions’ he added the trial had taken two years to complete and had agreed to surrender his practicing license in exchange for the exoneration of the second respondent to the case.
The CLC have since published a statement on the facts of the case as outlined in the published decision. A spokesperson said
“Mr Davies purported to offer the national professional qualifications leading to licence to practice as a Licensed Conveyancer through his training business after the SQA licence had been suspended, and later rescinded. This damaged the education of many trainee Licensed Conveyancers who were working hard to achieve their ambitions to enter the legal profession. It brought into disrepute the reputation of the profession of which he was a member and harmed the efforts of so many to increase the numbers of qualified Licensed Conveyancers. It is always regrettable to have to take such action, but we are satisfied with the outcome and grateful to those who stepped forward to assist.”
The Adjudication Panel that makes disciplinary and enforcement decisions based on allegations prepared by the CLC is independent in its decision-making. It has accepted the agreement reached by Mr Davies and the CLC and would have heard the allegations had the case proceeded without an agreement. The published decision sets out the agreed facts of the case.
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When are the CLC going to close down on outfits that bring the reputation of the profession into disrepute? When are you going to regulate the auction outfits who bring the reputation of the profession into disrepute? When are you going to regulate full stop?
CLC have you read the post on Property Industry Eye this morning? This gives out a very interesting perspective on. Given that information can you please confirm a thorough investigation is taking place. As a conveyancer I am very concerned at what is coming to light.