Stuart Anthony Kaufman
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodySolicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)
Professionsolicitor
Case number11494/2016
Date01/01/2016
OutcomeStrike off
Allegation / charges
Breaches, Client Money, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
CostsGBP 24,136
Dishonesty foundYes
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Dishonesty
- Misconduct was deliberate, calculated and repeated over a period of time
- Respondent knew he was in material breach and closed his eyes to it
- Experienced solicitor who should have known what he was doing was wrong
- Intended to benefit financially from the arrangements
Duties engaged
- Overriding duty to the court
- Honesty
- Professional independence
- No bribery or improper gifts
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- No unlawful discrimination or harassment
- Act in the client's best interests
- Advise objectively, not a mere conduit
- No conflict between current clients
- Segregate client money
- No improper use of client money
- AML and crime-prevention compliance
- Serve justice and improve the law