Phillip Joseph Labrum

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

The Respondent was convicted on indictment at St Albans Crown Court on 9 July 2010 of eight counts of dishonesty (two of false accounting, three of obtaining a money transfer by deception, one of making a false representation, one of perverting the course of justice, and one of making a false instrument), arising from litigation he conducted as claimant. He was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment (concurrent) and ordered to pay £27,511.06 compensation. The Tribunal found the conviction breached Rules 1.02 and 1.06 and expressly noted the convictions involved dishonesty. The Respondent did not attend; his adjournment applications were refused. He was struck off and ordered to pay costs not to be enforced without leave given his receipt of state benefits.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Convictions involved dishonesty
• Respondent had been a solicitor for over 20 years and abused his position and public trust
• Eight counts; serious offences as found by the sentencing judge
• Significant damage to reputation of the profession

Mitigating factors:

• No previous disciplinary matters