UK · SDTCourt order
SDT fines solicitor £15,000 for misleading client about psychiatric report
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal fined Nicholas Nikola Stojanovic £15,000 after finding he misled a clinical-negligence client over about two months about receipt of a psychiatric report, conduct it found was motivated by a desire to avoid exacerbating the client's mental health difficulties. The tribunal found he failed to act in the client's best interests but not that he was dishonest or lacked integrity, and ordered him to pay £14,400 in SRA costs.
Key points
- The SDT fined Nicholas Nikola Stojanovic £15,000 for misleading his client.Legal Futures
- He told the client he was still waiting for a psychiatric report he already had.Legal Futures
- The tribunal found no dishonesty or lack of integrity.Legal Futures
- It ordered him to pay £14,400 in SRA costs with no reduction.Legal Futures
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