Former Clarke Willmott partner banned over misleading client emails
By John Hyde2021-02-19T09:43:00+00:00 A solicitor and pillar of his local community has been struck off after misleading a client for months about an impending payment. Gregory Stuart Saunders, formerly a partner with national firm Clarke Willmott, misled the client through emails saying that £38,000 settlement monies from a litigation would be paid imminently. In fact, Saunders had sent the client a draft settlement agreement but had not made initial contact with the other party and had not progressed the matter. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard that, in December 2018, Saunders ...