Joseph
Glass
Solicitor
099238
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 5 February 2025
Published date: 21 March 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Alexander & Partners
Address(es): 52 High Street, London, NW10 4LS
Firm ID: 046020
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Clutton Cox Limited
Address(es): Parliament House, 4 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6AH
Firm ID: 653925
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Joseph Mark Glass's practising certificate for 2024/2025 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Glass may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body.
- Mr Glass may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Glass does not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest. They are reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
Decision - Closure
Outcome: Intervention
Outcome date: 23 October 2024
Published date: 23 October 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Abington Law Limited
Address(es): 5 Clock Tower Park, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, L10 1LD
Firm ID: 811106
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
To intervene into the practice of Joseph Glass, including but not limited to his practice at Abington Law Ltd.
Reasons/basis
Grounds of intervention into the practice of Joseph Glass
- Mr Glass has failed to comply with the SRA Accounts Rules (2019), the Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs and the Code of Conduct for Firms which are rules made under sections 31 and 32 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended) (paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 1 of that Act).
- It is necessary to intervene to protect the interests of clients (or former or potential clients) of Mr Glass (paragraph 1(1)(m) of Schedule 1 – Part I to the Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended)).
Intervening agents
Richard Thorpe of Shakespeare Martineau LLP, SHMA SRA Interventions, PO Box 18228, Birmingham, B2 2HX has been appointed as the intervening agent.
For enquiries please call 0300 247 2470 or email interventions@shma.co.uk