Peter John Cale

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

This was an application by Peter John Cale to determine his indefinite suspension imposed in October 2011 for accounts breaches and failure to respond to correspondence, which had stemmed from an undiagnosed major depressive disorder. Medical evidence showed his health had substantially recovered. The SRA was neutral. The Tribunal granted the application to lift the suspension, finding it would not harm the profession's reputation or public interest, but imposed conditions preventing him from practising as a sole practitioner/partner/member of LLP/LDP/ABS and from holding client money. He was ordered to pay costs of £2,049. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Handle inadvertently received material

Mitigating factors:

• Underlying misconduct related directly to a Major Depressive Disorder, not wilful neglect
• Significant and sustained improvement in health, with medical evidence of no mental disorder
• Applicant had insight into warning signs and triggers of relapse
• No loss caused to any client and no client complaints
• All original allegations admitted; no dishonesty or lack of integrity
• More than four years elapsed since suspension imposed
• Efforts to retrain and positive attitude to re-training