Trevor Munn Sol'rs up before the SRA

[slick132]

Trevor Munn was the solicitor of choice for chasing gym membership debts.

 

http://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/117423.article

 

Munn, Trevor - 117423

Decisions

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Prosecution - 13 December 2010

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Decision - prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

 

Outcome date: 13 December 2010

 

Published date: 9 August 2012

 

Firm details

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

 

Name: Trevor Munn

 

Address(es):

Easterly Boathouse, The Towpath, Manor Road, Walton-On-Thames, Surrey KT12 2PF

 

Firm ID: 264645

 

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

 

Reasons/basis

 

This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which will reach its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Solicitor. The Tribunal has certified that there is a case to answer in respect of allegations which are or include that :-

 

 

He has compromised or impaired, or has acted in a way which was likely to compromise or impair :-

 

 

 

· his independence by virtue of his relationship with a Debt Recovery Company

 

 

· being party to an arrangement with a debt recovery company which facilitated the unlawful conduct of litigation and which permitted the recovery of fixed costs where they had no entitlement to claim such costs

 

 

· by preparing and/or permitting Letters Before Action to be sent on his letterhead to opposing parties which contained misleading and/or false statements

 

 

· by accepting instructions from a debt recovery company to act on behalf of third parties without checking that the third parties agreed with the instructions and/ or by failing to provide adequate information to clients in the form of client care letters

 

 

· He failed to ensure adequate, appropriate and effective systems for the supervision and/or management of all of his offices and/or to ensure that every office had at least one solicitor qualified to supervise for whom that office was his or her normal place of work

 

 

· He accepted referrals of clients from a debt recovery company in circumstances where his independence and/or his ability to act and advise in the nest interests of those clients was or was likely to be compromised

 

 

· He did not enter into any written referral agreement with the debt recovery company recording their financial arrangement and/ Or any written record of his agreement with the debt recovery company did not comply with the requirements of the applicable rules at any material time

 

 

· Failed to take any or any adequate steps to ensure that the clients introduced to him by the debt recovery company had not been acquired as a result of marketing or publicity which would if done by a person regulated by the SRA have been in breach of regulatory requirements

 

 

· The debt recovery company did not undertake to him to provide all relevant information concerning the referral to the client before it referred the client to him and he did not himself take any or any adequate steps to ensure that the debt recovery company provided that information before making a referral of any client to him

 

 

· He did not, before accepting instructions give clients in writing all relevant information concerning the referral.

 

 

 

The allegations are subject to a Hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.

Edited October 10, 2012 by citizenB

[slick132]

And for Mrs Munn

 

http://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/564736.article

 

Munn, Louise - 564736

Decisions

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Prosecution - 5 October 2011

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Decision - prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

 

Outcome date: 5 October 2011

 

Published date: 19 September 2012

 

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

 

Name: Irwin Mitchell

 

Address(es):

Imperial House, 31 Temple Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B2 5DB

 

Firm ID: 511872

 

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

 

Reasons/basis

 

This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which will reach its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Solicitor. The Tribunal has certified that there is a case to answer in respect of allegations which are or include that:

 

She settled claims without instructions from the client and failed to inform the client that she had settled the claim.

She made procedural mistakes on claims such that the client was unable to pursue the claim against the Defendant.

She conducted irregular financial transactions on a number of files.

 

The allegations are subject to a Hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.

 

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Edited October 10, 2012 by citizenB

[May Fly]

this prosecution was 2 years ago, but only published 2 months ago???? does it take the SRA THAT long to conclude a case, or do they delay publishing the results?

 

In any case, many of the statements in the prosecution ring bells, because I made the same complaints about Munn in July 2010 only to be told that Munn was entitled to make them.... I like to feel that in some small way, my complaint, even if it was rejected, played some part in eventually reeling him in somewhat.

 

What was the 'punishment' handed out to Munn? I have a feeling he may have had smacked wrists but that;s about all.

[slick132]

Hi May Fly,

 

If you manage to find out more about the "crimes" or the punishment, please let us know.