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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Mark Leech caught bang to right passing himself off as a solicitor

Mark Leech caught bang to right passing himself off as a solicitor



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"Mark Leech Associates Ltd
1st Floor Clayton House Piccadilly
Manchester
Gt. Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M1 2AS
Type of Premise: Office
Business Type: Lawyers Solicitors and Legal Advisors".

I wonder what the Solicitors Regulatory Authority will make of this revelation? Especially, given that Mark Leech claims that his non-existent Institute of Prison Law is accredited and approved by the SRA?



"Every solicitor in England & Wales is required each year to
undergo 16 hours of Continuous Professional Development
(CPD) – ongoing training by another name. The law is a constantly
changing field and lawyers need to keep abreast of the latest
developments if the advice they give to clients is to be accurate.
Nowhere does it change more frequently than in the field of prisoners’
rights, where a constant stream of Prison Service Orders and
Instructions, and judgements from the
courts, change the penal landscape
regularly.

In 1999, two lawyers with Liverpool-based solicitors AS Law
decided to establish a professional training body in order to provide
Law Society accredited prison law training to solicitors, barristers and
Prison Service staff who deal directly with prisoners. The Institute of
Prison Law (IPL) was born. Recently re-accredited by the Law
Society, IPL is planning a full calendar of seminars for the rest of
2002, the latest of which have been held inside prisons! Taking four
subjects per day-long seminar, recent topics have included Security
Categorisation & Allocation; the Life Sentence System; Parole;
Prison Health Care; Young Offenders; Visits; Letters & Telephone Calls.
The next IPL Seminar is on 15th May 2002, at HMP
Wormwood Scrubs in West London. The topics will include
Disciplinary System; Security Categorisation and Allocation; the Life
Sentence System; and Practical Prison Law Problem Solving.
There are other seminars in Birmingham and Durham in
June 2002 and we are at the Prison Service College Newbold Revel,
near Rugby, in September, HMP Norwich in October, Manchester in
November and Bristol in December. Bookings can be made over the
telephone by credit card or order forms can be faxed and invoiced"
.

"CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY IN PRISON LAW

For the last four years the Institute of Prison Law has operated its acclaimed Ceritificate of Competency in Prison Law course, success on which leads to the award of the Institute's 'OK Logo'".

So, in 1999 2 lawyers established the Institute of Prison Law. Now it is ten years later, 2009, how many lawyers are still with the Institute of Prison Law?

None. There is only the unqualified Mark Leech. It begs the question, how can the SRA authorise and accredit a fraudster to teach qualified lawyers on the subject of prison law?

1 comment:

James Higham said...

Put him away, now.