(unnamed respondent)

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

This was a Section 42ZA(10) appeal by Dr David Lanc, a former company director, against the Law Society of Scotland PCSC's decision of 28 January 2021 to take no action on his complaints about solicitor Martin Nolan (the Second Respondent), who allegedly emailed confidential company documents from his work account to his personal account on his last day of employment. Following a successful handling complaint, two of the complaints were re-investigated and a differently constituted PCSC again took no action on 14 July 2022. The Tribunal held that the original 28 January 2021 decision had been superseded by the 14 July 2022 re-determination, which the Appellant failed to appeal within the mandatory 21-day time limit. The Tribunal dismissed the appeal. No findings of misconduct or wrongdoing were made against the Second Respondent. The Appellant was found liable in expenses of the Respondents and the Tribunal, and publicity (including all parties' names) was directed. An earlier interlocutor of 1 November 2021 had also found the Appellant liable in expenses for a procedural hearing after failing to comply with directions.