Past disciplinary findings

On 28 June 2011, in Case Numbers 10723-2009 and 10431-2010, Alick Voliere was found guilty of misconduct by a Solicitors? Disciplinary Tribunal and, as a result was struck off the Roll of Solicitors.

Alick Voliere engaged in conduct which was discreditable to a barrister, in that, on 28 June 2011, in Case No. 10723-2009, he was struck off the Roll of Solicitors pursuant to a finding of a Solicitors? Disciplinary Tribunal that he had acted dishonestly in setting up a practice, namely Sovereign Chambers LLP, in which S was named as a partner when the said S had not agreed to be a partner and did not know that he was being held out as such

Alick Voliere engaged in conduct which was likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession or otherwise bring the legal profession into disrepute, in that, on 28 June 2011, in Case No 10723-2009, he was struck from the Roll of Solicitors pursuant to a finding of a Solicitors? Disciplinary Tribunal that he had acted dishonestly in setting up a practice, namely Sovereign Chambers LLP, in which S was named as a partner when the said S had not agreed to be a partner and did not know that he was being held out as such.

Alick Voliere engaged in conduct which was discreditable to a barrister, in that, on 28 June 2011, in Case No. 10431-2010, he was struck off the Roll of Solicitors pursuant to a finding of a Solicitors? Disciplinary Tribunal that he had acted dishonestly by:

(i) lying in a meeting on 18 August 2009 with an officer of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority by saying that he was unaware of six transactions relating to two Bank accounts and that he had not opened the said Bank accounts for Sovereign Chambers LLP; and

(ii) authorising or permitting a transfer on 9 June 2009 of ?28,000 of client money to A, his wife, from one of the said Bank accounts.

Alick Voliere engaged in conduct which was likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession or otherwise bring the legal profession into disrepute, in that, on 28 June 2011, in Case No 10431-2010, he was struck from the Roll of Solicitors pursuant to a finding of a Solicitors? Disciplinary Tribunal that he had acted dishonestly by:

(i) lying in a meeting on 18 August 2009 with an officer of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority by saying that he was unaware of six transactions relating to two Bank accounts and that he had not opened the said Bank accounts for Sovereign Chambers LLP; and

(ii) authorising or permitting a transfer on 9 June 2009 of ?28,000 of client money to A, his wife, from one of the said Bank accounts.