Solicitor faces 156 claims to law body

One hundred and fifty six separate complaints were made against one solicitor over the past year, new figures provided by the Law Society show.

The regulatory body for solicitors show a further five solicitors had 20 or more separate complaints made against them in the year to the end of August.

According to the Law Society’s 2012/13 annual report, the number of overall complaints against solicitors is down on the previous year, with 2,477 admissible complaints made compared to 2,813 in 2011/12.