(unnamed respondent)

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

The solicitor applied on 9 June 2025 to remove indefinite practice conditions imposed in January 2018 (relating to providing a client-account banking facility and reckless failures regarding money-laundering duties, for which he had also been fined £25,000). The Tribunal refused the application, finding he had not demonstrated adequate learning, insight or rehabilitation: his AML knowledge was rudimentary, the training courses' content was not evidenced, references failed to address safeguards or supervision, and he had failed to disclose a 2019 Adjudicator decision (rebuke, £2,000 fine, £1,350 costs). No express finding of dishonesty was made. He was ordered to pay the SRA's costs of £6,048.20.

Duties found breached:

• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Failure to disclose the 2019 Adjudicator decision in his application
• Lack of insight (asserting the 2019 matter was irrelevant)
• Trivialisation of the regulator's concerns ('all subjective stuff')
• Only rudimentary knowledge of anti-money laundering requirements demonstrated

Mitigating factors:

• Over seven years had elapsed since restrictions imposed
• No breach of the restrictions since imposition
• Completed nine training courses
• Provided character references