A solicitor who asked clients to pay fees into his personal bank account and accepted a cash payment that was not paid to the firm where he was working has been fined.
James Liasis asked one client to pay a £40 bill into his personal account and also accepted a £100 cash payment from another client which he failed to account for when he was approached by the firm.
In an agreement published this week, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Liasis was fined £2,000 and had agreed to pay £4,500 in costs.
Liasis, now 29, was working for JML Law Limited at the time of the offences, which took place between 2013 and 2014.
He previously worked as a consultant at Faradays Solicitors in London. Faradays then entered into an agreement with JML Law allowing it to provide legal services to the firm. Under the agreement, Liasis was responsible for paying his own tax and national insurance. His pay was 50% of net profit costs received by Faradays from work he had carried out at JML Law.
Liasis said he never benefited from the money as the £100 payment was paid back and the £40 payment was never received.
According to the SRA agreement: ‘If any terms of this agreement are not complied with, or if Liasis acts inconsistently in any way with this agreement, Liasis accepts that all issues may be referred back to the SRA for reconsideration.’
Fine for solicitor who accepted cash payments
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