Bibiana Martial

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

The Respondent solicitor mishandled two clients' cases (Ms R and Ms B), allowing both claims to be struck out without notifying the clients, and failed to act over a long period in Ms R's matter. She backdated 24 letters across both files over a ten-month period and used some to mislead the Court and an Employment Tribunal, including making an application to reinstate Ms B's claim without instructions. She was dismissed for gross misconduct by her employer and failed to respond to SRA correspondence. The Tribunal, proceeding in her absence, found all allegations proved beyond reasonable doubt, made an express finding of dishonesty under the Twinsectra test, and ordered her struck off with costs of £4,000.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead the court
• Honesty
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• No conflict between current clients
• Cooperate openly with regulators