Barry Nenadon Kumbe & Winston Edwards

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

First Respondent Barry Kumbe, principal of Michael Mofus and Co, was found to have abandoned his practice, failed to supervise an unadmitted immigration case worker (Second Respondent Winston Edwards), failed to comply with an Adjudicator's decision, failed to co-operate with the SRA/LCS, failed to maintain professional indemnity insurance, failed to provide books of accounts and an accountant's report, permitted inaccurate/misleading notepaper (falsely naming partners), and failed to honour an undertaking. All nine allegations against him were proved and he was struck off the Roll. The Second Respondent, a solicitor's clerk, was found to have dishonestly used the firm's letterhead after his employment ended to hold himself out as an employee (dishonesty established under the Twinsectra test); a Section 43 order was made against him. Both ordered to pay costs subject to detailed assessment.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• Professional indemnity insurance
• Report serious misconduct of others
• Honour professional undertakings