Eliot Lopian

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

Eliot Lopian, a solicitor and former Principal at Gunnercooke LLP, admitted three allegations of misconduct, all involving dishonesty. He forged the signatures of three sellers (Mr P, Mr HS and Mr GS) on a Form TR1 transferring title of Plot A to his clients without their knowledge or authority, submitted an application to HM Land Registry he knew to be untrue, and later falsely told the sellers' solicitors that he did not know how the form had been executed. The matter was dealt with on the papers by way of an Agreed Outcome. The Tribunal found the dishonesty plain and struck him off the Roll, ordering him to pay £2,500 costs.

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct involved admitted dishonesty
• Forgery of signatures on official documents
• Submission of forged documents to HM Land Registry
• Subsequent false statement to the sellers' solicitors concealing his conduct

Mitigating factors:

• Admitted all allegations including dishonesty
• Cooperated through an Agreed Outcome