HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 c272W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many lawyers have been(a) prosecuted, (b) convicted and (c) struck off for offences related to the evasion of immigration control by their clients in each year since 1997. [165462]

Mr. Lammy

The complaints handling arm of the Law Society, the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors, have provided numbers of cases which resulted in solicitors being subject to disciplinary action, in relation to the provision of immigration advice since 1997.

1997

  • No cases

1998

  • 1—subject to a section 43 Order (preventing a legal executive or a legal clerk from working in a firm of solicitors)
  • 1–struck off

1999

  • 1—fined
  • 1—reprimanded

2000

  • 1—struck off 3
  • fined

2001

  • 1—struck off
  • 1—subject to a section 43 Order
  • 1—fined and suspended
  • 1—suspended
  • 2—fined

2002

  • No cases

2003

  • 1—struck off
  • 1—indefinite suspension
  • 1—fined

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