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This Order amends section 44D of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) (“the 1974 Act”) and paragraph 14B of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (“the 1985 Act”) to increase the maximum penalty that the Law Society may direct a person to pay from £2,000 to £25,000. Under section 44D of the 1974 Act, the Law Society may impose a penalty on a solicitor or an employee of a solicitor where that person has failed to comply with requirements or rules, or there has been professional misconduct by a solicitor. Under paragraph 14B of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Act, the Law Society may impose a penalty on a recognised body, or a manager or employee of a recognised body, or on a sole solicitor, or any employee in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice, where they have failed to comply with requirements or rules applicable to them.
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