I wonder?
Yep, same Ian Stephen - Practitioner psychologist, who on 10th May 2019 appears to have been suspended
https://www.hcpts-uk.org/hearings/hearings/2019/may/mr-ian-stephen/“The Registrar is directed to suspend the name of Ian Stephen from the Register on an interim basis for a period of 18 months.”His page on the Kiel Centre website appears to have been taken down
http://www.keilcentre.co.uk/staff-profiles/ian-stephen/MOJO misspelled his name in their 2010/11 annual report. They obviously recognised this as their following annual report gets the spelling of his name correct.
There’s mention of him here
“The collapse of one of Scotland’s most high-profile legal firms is being investigated by police after four partners were struck off and two others suspended.
Ross Harper and Co had offices across Scotland but closed in 2012 after more than 50 years in business.
Public cash claimed in legal aid fees was not paid to suppliers and experts hired by the Glasgow firm to give evidence, an inquiry by the Law Society of Scotland found.
A dossier of evidence has now been passed to police, who have launched a criminal investigation.
One expert witness hired by the firm, Ian Stephen, a forensic psychologist, said he is owed £5000 in fees. He told the Sunday Mail: “I think it’s appropriate that police investigate.
If this happened in any other profession, the appropriate professional body would make inquiries and, if there was a criminal element to it, you would expect police to become involved.”
Professor Hugh Pennington, the Aberdeen-based bacteriologist, said he is owed £4,000. “I was shocked to discover Ross Harper were withholding payments from me and others” he said. “There has been a betrayal of trust.” One property company said it was due £50,000 in unpaid rent on Ross Harper’s offices in Glasgow city centre.
Cameron Fyfe and Alan Susskind, partners at Ross Harper, were struck off in May. Their fellow partners Alan Miller and Jim Price were struck off last month by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) for professional misconduct.
The tribunal found that Mr Miller and Mr Price were no longer fit to be solicitors. Its report said: “There was evidence that they had controlled the cashroom and finances together. They did not show any remorse or insight into their conduct. Their behaviour constituted an ongoing course of conduct over a significant period of time.”
Two other partners, Paul McHolland and Joseph Mullen, were censured by the SSDT but are still able to practise. The SSDT ruled the men used public funds to keep their business afloat rather than promptly paying suppliers.
The tribunal found that legal aid cash was left the firm’s bank account for up to two years. The cash was used to help the law practice balance its books after the 2008 financial crash.
A police spokeswoman said: “Inquiries are at an early stage.”
Ross Harper had 12 offices and was Scotland’s biggest-earning legal aid firm, accepting £1.7 million in 2006.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/criminal-investigation-into-ross-harper-and-co-law-practice-that-went-bust-b7pcckk5jFurther reading:
Lawyer who spoke at Holyrood on behalf of Law Society – struck off for dishonesty, meanwhile concerns Police probe at bust law firm Ross Harper may hit Crown Office block on prosecuting colleagues in legal professionOne expert witness hired by the firm welcomed the probe. Forensic psychologist Ian Stephen, who’s owed £5000 in fees, said: “I think it’s appropriate that police investigate.
“If anyone commits a crime, be it fraud or anything else, then you would expect police would make inquiries into it.
“If this happened in any other profession, the appropriate professional body would make inquiries and, if there was a criminal element to it, you would expect police to become involved.
“I don’t not see how the situation should be any different for solicitors.”
Stephen, a former senior medic at the State Hospital at Carstairs, said: “I felt badly let down by Ross Harper. You should be able to put your faith in a lawyer.
“I was always writing to them to ask why I was not being paid. I was shocked they were so blatant about it.”
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