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Scots lawyer banned from every court in Scotland for practising without a certificate is struck off

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court in Scotland for representing ­clients without a practising certificate has been struck off.Paul Garrett, 47, is at the centre of an £80,000 fraud probe revealed by the ­Sunday Mail.A client told police the solicitor had tricked him into handing over payments for a non-existent court case.In 2018, Garrett, of ­Finnieston, Glasgow, was fined £1000 at the city’s ­sheriff court for ­representing clients in ­criminal cases after his ­practising ­certificate had expired.He was struck off by the Scottish Solicitors’ ­Discipline Tribunal after a hearing last Tuesday found him guilty of professional ­misconduct.The Mail revealed in December 2018 claims by Adam McNeil that he lost his life savings after hiring Garrett to sue his former.

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