Dunstable v Leighton LCRO 73 / 2009 (14 July 2009) [pdf, 16 KB]
...it objectionable that on the one hand Mr Leighton refuses to pay the invoices personally, and on the other hand refuses to pay the invoices from the funds of Mr X he holds. The obligations of a lawyer holding funds on trust are strict. Section 110(1)(b) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act provides that a lawyer who holds money on trust must “hold the money, or ensure that the money is held, exclusively for that person, to be paid to that person or as that person directs”. In lig...