HC Deb 28 July 1938 vol 338 cc3328-9W
Mr. Emery

asked the Attorney-General what was the ratio, during the past five years, of convictions in the criminal courts for fraudulent conversion of client's property of solicitors in single-partner firms as compared with firms having two or more partners?

The Attorney-General

The number of convictions of solicitors in the criminal courts for fraudulent conversion during the five years ending the 31st December, 1937, was 45. Of these, six solicitors were members of a firm and 39 were practising alone or had ceased to practise at the date of their conviction. Of these 39, seven were practising in partnership approximately two years before their conviction.