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David Greene, who denies claim he misled judge, will leave role later this month
The president of the Law Society will step down later this month after the High Court ruled that he should appear before a disciplinary tribunal over allegations he deliberately misled a judge. David Greene denies the claim and says he fully expects to be cleared.
In a statement this morning, Greene said: “In the past few weeks, a long-running issue to do with a dispute with a former client has been sent back to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in a lay complaint following a decision in the High Court which is itself subject to appeal. This case dates back a decade and has been repeatedly thrown out and I fully expect it to be rejected again.”
Greene continued: “However, the fact that this dispute has been referred back to the SDT during my presidential year will, I fear, become a distraction from my role representing the solicitor profession — at a time when it is facing a period of unprecedented challenge.”
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