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17
Aug 2020
Regulator shuts down Harrogate and Ripon law firm Ray Nixon Brown
A law firm with offices in Harrogate and Ripon has been closed down by the regulator over concerns about the way it was operating.
Kingly solicitors, which was trading as Ray Nixon Brown from offices on Victoria Avenue in Harrogate and Duck Hill in Ripon, was shut by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
The organisation has intervened in the firm, part of national company Kingly Solicitors, as well as the practice of its three directors, Simon Hutcheson, Simon Peacock, and Champitka Ratnayake.
A spokesman for the SRA said:
The spokesman said all current clients of Ray Nixon Brown and Kingly solicitors will be contacted by two agents - James Dunn of Devonshires Solicitors LLP and John Owen of Gordons LLP - about their cases. However, anyone concerned can contact Mr Dunn at intervention-team@devonshires.co.uk, or call 0207 065 1830, or Mr Owen at kingly@gordonsllp.com, or call 0113 227 0360.
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