Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“Following the confusion in its statements of today, and arising from the confirmation that in fact it can investigate Mr Coulter, the Law Society needs to urgently clarify if to date it has been investigating Mr Coulter, or whether vital time has been lost because of a misapprehension that his decision not to renew his practising certificate had put him beyond their reach?
“The Law Society’s own confusing statements will not do much for public confidence in its processes and approach.
“It would also be useful for the Law Society to clarify whether the self-referral by Tughans was linked in time or fact to the Law Society’s annual inspection of the company?”