Alan David Susskind and Cameron Stuart Fyfe

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

Complaint by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland against two former partners of Ross Harper (Alan David Susskind, First Respondent and former Cashroom/Managing Partner; and Cameron Stuart Fyfe, Second Respondent). The findings of fact concern the First Respondent's notarising of a simplified divorce application containing false information (he 'ought to have known' it was false), and the firm's operation of a policy called 'the drawer' whereby SLAB outlay payments (clients' funds) were retained to improve firm cash flow, with misleading ledger entries created to suggest cheques had been issued, and outlays/expert fees and agent fees (including £70,059.87 owed to Drummond Miller) not paid timeously. The supplied text is incomplete and does not contain the Tribunal's misconduct determination or any sanction, fine or costs award. No express finding of dishonesty appears in the available text (the divorce-related conduct is framed as 'ought to have known').

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead the court
• Avoid wasting the court's time
• No improper use of client money
• Prompt accounting and return of money