A LEGAL agency in Blackburn specialising in industrial legislation has been closed down by an trade regulator.
Lawson Taylor Solicitors, based mostly at Daisyfield Business Centre in Appleby Road, has been shut by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
The watchdog says the motion, principally referring to agency supervisor Dominic Macknight, has been taken “to guard purchasers pursuits”.
Brokers have been appointed by an SRA panel to deal with all instances and paperwork involving the agency, which was first established in 2011.
In a discover on the SRA web site, it’s said: “The panel was glad that grounds of intervention existed underneath paragraph 32(1)(d) of Schedule 2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, particularly that there was purpose to suspect dishonesty on the a part of Mr Macknight as a supervisor of the agency in reference to the agency’s enterprise.
“The panel was glad that grounds of intervention existed underneath paragraph 32(1)(a) of Schedule 2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, particularly that Dominic Leon Macknight, as a supervisor of the agency, and the agency itself, had didn’t adjust to the principles relevant to them as a supervisor of the agency, and the agency itself by advantage of part 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (as amended) – paragraph 32(1)(a) of Schedule 2 of that Act.”
The intervening agent is Sean Joyce, Wigan-based Stephensons Solicitors, which has dealt with such actions on various actions for the SRA. For enquiries purchasers can name 0333 321 4409 or e-mail interventions@stephensons.co.uk
Corporations Home information present that Mr Macknight has been concerned with Lawson Taylor as a director since November 2021, following the resignation of a earlier principal the earlier July.
The agency’s accounts are reported to be overdue and an motion to wind up the corporate was suspended on October 1 and discontinued 5 days later.
