Aformer partner with national firm Capsticks has been struck off after failing to tell his client he had missed a deadline.
Source: Michael Cross
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard that Daniel Skinner, admitted in 1993, took no remedial action after opposition solicitors flagged up that points of dispute had not been filed in time.
Skinner’s client, a property owner defending a possession and disrepair claim, did not know for another 18 months that they were in receipt of a default costs certificate. The tribunal said Skinner adopted a ‘head in the sand’ approach to the matter at a time when his client needed to be made aware of the situation immediately to protect their position.
Skinner had been a partner at Capsticks spec