Greg Whyte
Managing Partner
Jones Whyte LLP
By email
21 August 2025
Dear Mr Whyte
Following our previous correspondence on this matter, we are aware that the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority has recently published updates in relation to the position of former clients of WW & J McClure in England and Wales.
The updates note that Jones Whyte has entered into further compliance plan commitments, including measures to mitigate risks and ensure clients' interests are protected. It also includes requirements to take all reasonable steps to contact other former McClure's clients - specifically testators of wills. We note that there are also obligations on Jones Whyte to report progress on certain tasks in relation to files of clients in England and Wales.
We are keen to seek assurances in relation to the position of consumers who are based in Scotland. We would be grateful if you could confirm whether consumers in Scotland will be contacted in the same manner and in line with the same timeframes as set out in the new compliance plan? It would also be useful if you could provide an indication of what reporting is being made to regulators in Scotland on this matter, and the frequency and broad content of this. You will appreciate that it would be a matter of some concern to us if the same level of assurance could not be provided in relation to clients based in Scotland as exists for those based in England and Wales.
We are grateful for your attention to this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Douglas White
Director of Policy and Advocacy