Michael William Redmond

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

Michael William Redmond, an assistant solicitor admitted in 2006, created three false letters purporting to be from Wiggin Council to hide delays and misled a client that a CRB check had been done when it had not. The Tribunal found both allegations proved on his own admission and found dishonesty satisfied under the Twinsectra test. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £4,412.42.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead third parties or opponents
• Handle inadvertently received material

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct designed to cover up his own inadequacies
• Created forged documents designed to mislead clients and others
• Failure to appreciate he had committed forgery
• Did not attend or engage with the Tribunal

Mitigating factors:

• Young solicitor admitted only a short time
• Under pressure at the relevant time
• Made admissions to firm and SRA