The Respondent was admitted as a solicitor on 3 September 2007.

She was engaged as a consultant solicitor at the Firm pursuant to a consultancy agreement dated 20 January 2021, which was terminated on 12 August 2021.

The Respondent acted for Client A in matrimonial proceedings and was required to file full details of Client A’s property and income with the court ahead of a hearing listed for 11 June 2021. As part of this process, the Respondent was to obtain information from Client A’s pension provider. The Respondent failed to file the required information by the deadline and subsequently misrepresented to both Client A and the Firm that the delay was attributable to the pension provider.

Following a further hearing on 28 July 221, a Penal Notice and an adverse costs order of £250 were made against Client A. The Respondent failed to inform either Client A or the Firm of these developments.

A subsequent internal review by the Firm identified serious professional failings, and the matter was referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

Following an SRA investigation, allegations were advanced against the Respondent, including that she had informed Client A and others that pension information was awaited from the pension company when no such request had been made to the pension company, and that she had failed to promptly inform the Firm that a Penal Notice had been issued against Client A and that an adverse costs order had been made her.

Allegations 1.1 (which included dishonesty) and 1.3 were found proved, and the Tribunal ordered that the Respondent be struck off the Roll of Solicitors.