Jeffrey Helge Hansen

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

Jeffrey Helge Hansen, an assistant solicitor at Landons, was found to have failed to lodge public funding applications for multiple clients while leading them to believe funding was in place, failed to progress and serve litigation, concealed wasted costs orders from his employers (claiming they were against the client), failed to honour court fees, and backdated correspondence. Applying the Twinsectra test, the Tribunal was sure his backdating of letters was dishonest by both objective and subjective standards. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £12,000. He did not attend and was unrepresented.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead third parties or opponents
• Act in the client's best interests
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Diligence and timeliness

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct resulted in financial loss to the firm of approximately £80,000
• Did not appear overworked or under pressure (arrived late, left early, took full lunch)
• Misled clients, the school and Social Services
• Asserted to employers that the wasted costs order was against the client rather than the firm