Former Ross Harper partners struck off

The findings against Mr Miller and Mr Price were made inter alia in respect of their tenures as partners and principals of Ross Harper, when business was improperly funded by money owed to third parties.

Joseph Mullen and Paul John McHolland were found guilty of professional misconduct for acquiescing in the conduct.

The findings follow earlier strike offs of Cameron Fyfe and Alan Susskind who were also partners at the firm.

Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “It’s essential that people can continue to place their trust in the legal profession. As the professional body for all Scottish solicitors, we take our regulatory role very seriously and will intervene to protect clients when we suspect that any of our members has failed to meet the Society’s high professional standards.

“Concerns were raised about the firm’s accounting record following one of our routine financial compliance inspections. This led to us going to the Court of Session to request the appointment of a judicial factor to the firm in April 2012 and, following investigation, we prosecuted all six former partners before the independent Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal.”

The full findings are available here