Disciplinary Record - Alistair Kenyon Davies

Decision - Control of practice

Outcome: Condition

Outcome date: 20 February 2025

Published date: 24 March 2025

Firm details

No detail provided:

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

I have decided to grant Alistair Davies' a practising certificate for the practice year 2024/2025 subject to the imposition of the following conditions:

1. Mr Davies may act as a solicitor, only as an employee and only where that employment has first been approved by the SRA.
2. Mr Davies does not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account
3. Mr Davies may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.

In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.

Reasons/basis

The above conditions are necessary in the public interest and reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in Regulation 7 of the SRA Practising Regulations 2011 and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007

Decision - Closure

Outcome: Intervention

Outcome date: 21 August 2024

Published date: 22 August 2024

Firm details

Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: BPS Solicitors Ltd

Address(es): 101 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9BD

Firm ID: 662673

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

To intervene into the practice of Alistair Davies at BPS Solicitors Ltd.

Reasons/basis

The Panel was satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended) namely that Mr Davies had failed to comply with the rules made under sections 31 and 32 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended).

Intervening agents

Sean Joyce of Stephensons Solicitors LLP, Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan, WN3 5BA has been appointed as the intervening agent.

For enquiries please call 0333 321 4402 or email interventions@stephensons.co.uk