The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued a rebuke to a Scottish law firm for breaches of the accounts rules since taking over the work of collapsed McClure Solicitors.

Jones Whyte Law has been under close scrutiny for the way it has been handling the files of McClure, which went into administration in 2021, with all wills, power of attorneys and trusts, as well as 84 staff, moved across.

The two firms, which started as Scottish firms but opened offices south of the border too, are regulated by both the Law Society of Scotland and the SRA.

Earlier this year, the SRA said it was concerned that Glasgow-based Jones Whyte was taking “ too long to deal with all of the issues arising from McClure and that too many former clients are experiencing stress and frustration arising from

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