The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has fined a former Kingsley Napley partner £15,000 for misconduct, along with legal fees of £7,500.

Matthew Duncan – who at the time headed up Kingsley’s private client practice – was found to have authorised payments to a client between October 2015 and May 2016 in breach of the terms set out by a district registry, according to the case records published by the SDT.