The case has been sent back to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in a lay complaint following a decision in the High Court, which is being appealed.
Greene said: ‘This case dates back a decade and has been repeatedly thrown out and I fully expect it to be rejected again.
‘However, the fact that this dispute has been referred back to the SDT during my presidential year will, I fear, become a distraction from my role representing the solicitor profession―at a time when it is facing a period of unprecedented challenge.’
I Stephanie Boyce, who will take over as president, said: ‘I’d like to thank David for his many years of service to the legal profession, not just as president but as vice and deputy vice president and before that as a long-standing member of the Law Society council where he holds the international practice seat.
‘His passion and expertise for the international work of the Law Society, human rights and the rule of law made him the ideal candidate to deal with the many and complex challenges the profession faces and in good stead to help steer the profession through the end of the UK-EU transition period in December.’
