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Naming and Shaming

On November 17th 2008 I named and shamed a solicitor because I believe that it is in the public interest to know how professional standards are being defined for divorce solicitors. This blog is only questioning the standards of solicitors in divorce.
Mr Peter Boyce, a divorce solicitor, was quite happy to falsely represented himself online for two years and he has received no sanction from the regulatory authorities whatsoever.
I am alleging that Mr Boyce also mis directed a Caffcass Officer and a divorce court and was complicit in achieving a financial settlement under false premise, I have good evidence to back up these allegation, however despite the fact that his integrity is severely questioned by his false representation, I cannot find a place where this evidence can be properly tested and Mr Boyce is dealt with as would be any other professional who acted in such a manner, if my allegations are proved to be true.

I have slightly amended the original post, as on first publication I didnt make it clear that when talking about mis direction of the court and concealment of funds, that was my opinion, not a proven fact as yet. The false representation however, is a fact and my evidence is uncontested by Goughs and explained as an oversight!!. The original post also noted

“Despite all the previous problems with his inaccurate online CV, his current webpage is displaying yet another  inaccuracy and has been doing so since August of this year. The Law Society Family Panel has been replaced by the Family Law Accreditation Scheme which is run by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. It is not clear whether Mr Boyce has applied or has been accepted for membership of the accreditation  scheme, yet he still claims membership of the  Family Panel. This is despite my alerting both the Solicitors Regulation Authority,  and Mr Peter Boyce and Mr Nick Davis the senior partner at Goughs Of Chippenham, of this inaccurate claim.”
I know it’s nit picking but he is still inaccurately describing himself.

I am not here to slander or diminish all professionals, but I believe in high professional standards and adhereance to codes of practice and in my case, I have evidence to prove that these standards have not been met, and more alarmingly, there seems to be little concern from the professionals, as he wasnt my solicitor. I am not a bad looser, I just expect a level playing feild.