Solicitor held funds for client and got caught out

My question is this, if a solicitor is holding/hiding funds for their client and doesnt disclose when directly asked about it. What should happen when they are found out. Is it fraud or perjury to know your client had the funds but not to disclose them or inform the client they must be disclosed? There is categorical proof these funds were paid directly to solicitor. Hundreds if not thousands of pounds were spent chasing up about these funds.

I have only heard of solicitors serving a prison sentence if they don't report suspicions of money laundering by their client.

Your ex has a duty to make full and frank disclosure of all relevant information. If (s)he is hiding an extortionate amount of money, (s)he has a legal duty to explain where this money has gone. If there is strong evidence your ex is deliberately hiding assets/money, (s)he could end up being prosecuted for perjury.

Do you have a solicitor?

A solicitor can hold money for their own fees but cannot mislead the court by holding money in lieu of fees but which is in excess of those fees which are likely to be payable.

If monies are held on client account, the solicitor would have to account for these on the schedule of assets/form E.

We only have a limited amount of information to work with though - what leads to the suspicion that the solicitor is acting dishonestly?

Charles

Hi sorry for delay, more court stuff to deal with.

I had a solicitor but my fees got to over £10,000 so i have had to stop his services, he advised me to report them. But i think its almost money laundering. We have an endowment to be split 50-50 and his half around 16K is being paid direct to his solicitor despite there being only 2k outstanding on his account. Well thats what his Form H said at the Final Hearing.