(unnamed respondent)

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

Grant Ross Maclean appealed under s42ZA(9) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 against a Law Society PCSC determination that upheld three heads of complaint of unsatisfactory professional conduct (failure to provide a time and line account, failure to provide a copy of the complaints procedure, and advising a former client to pay £1,600 upfront for taxation), which had censured him and directed payment of a £1,000 fine and £2,500 compensation. Both the appellant and the Law Society agreed the appeal should be upheld because the PCSC and Reporter had not been provided with all the relevant papers (a substantial portion of the 310-page submission was missing), a fundamental error breaching natural justice. The Tribunal, satisfying itself independently, found none of the three heads amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct and quashed the determination, censure, fine and compensation, making no award of expenses. No dishonesty was alleged or found.