An experienced partner who drew on client funds to try to save his firm from financial ruin has been struck off the roll. Mark Grenville Davies, admitted in 1985, made improper withdrawals from five client matter ledgers to the office account as his firm, Bennett Richmond Solicitors, neared its £85,000 overdraft limit. Davies referred himself to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in 2023. The regulator subsequently intervened to close down the firm and investigated its accounts.