Margaret Anne Horsley

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

The Council of the Law Society of Scotland complained that solicitor Margaret Anne Horsley acted dishonestly, with lack of integrity and deceitfully when using her father's (JC) Power of Attorney (particularly signing a V5 to trade in a jointly-owned car without consulting him), and in applying for Confirmation on her late mother's (MAC) estate allegedly knowing it was inaccurate. The Tribunal, applying the beyond reasonable doubt standard, found the Respondent NOT guilty of professional misconduct on both averments. It found her failings as Attorney (acting before registration, not consulting her father, poor record-keeping) were due to lack of experience/competence and a difficult family situation rather than dishonesty or deceit, though they raised questions about integrity. It remitted the first averment to the Law Society as possible unsatisfactory professional conduct. The second averment (Confirmation) was unsupported by evidence and not remitted. No dishonesty was found. The Complainers were found liable in 75% of the Respondent's expenses (at a reduced unit rate of £7 because her representative was not a solicitor). Publicity, naming the Respondent, family members and witnesses, was directed.

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]