Royal Court bans lawyer from practising after conduct breach

Thursday 07 July 2022

Jersey's Royal Court has stripped local lawyer of his title and ability to practise after he broke conduct rules.

The Law Society said in a statement this morning that, following a hearing in June, Andrew Philip Begg was found to have committed certain breaches of the Law Society of Jersey Code of Conduct.

Yesterday, the Royal Court decided that his name should be removed from the Roll of Advocates.

The full judgment is yet to be made public.

Mr Begg's clients are being contacted and given options for alternative representation. Anyone needing further guidance is advised to speak to the Law Society.

In September 2020, Mr Begg was  referred by the Royal Court for a review of his conduct by the Law Society, following a case where he reportedly "wholly failed to engage" to a series of e-mails despite being constantly chased.

Master of the Royal Court, Matthew Thompson, was also critical of Mr Begg's conduct in a recent judgment in which Mr Begg's client, UK property company ECI Limited, was ordered to pay back a £200,000 loan it took out from Acorn Finance.

In 2014, he was fined £15,000 by the Royal Court, together with an order that he pay £5,000 towards the costs of the Attorney General, after trying to charge a client six times the value of a disputed loan.

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