43 Control of [solicitors' employees and consultants]
Solicitors Act 1974 (1974 c 47) | Legislation

43  Control of [solicitors' employees and consultants]

[(1)     Where a person who is or was involved in a legal practice but is not a solicitor—

(a)     has been convicted of a criminal offence which is such that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for the person to be involved in a legal practice in one or more of the ways mentioned in subsection (1A), or

(b)     has, in the opinion of the Society, occasioned or been a party to, with or without the connivance of a solicitor, an act or default in relation to a legal practice which involved conduct on his part of such a nature that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for him to be involved in a legal practice in one or more of the ways mentioned in subsection (1A),

the Society may either make, or make an application to the Tribunal for it to make, an order under subsection (2) with respect to that person.

(1A)     A person is involved in a legal practice for the purposes of this section if the person—

(a)     is employed or remunerated by a solicitor in connection with the solicitor's practice;

(b)

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