Claire Letitia Parry
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodySolicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)
Professionsolicitor
Case number12663/2024
Date14/04/2025
OutcomeReprimand
Allegation / charges
Code of Conduct for Solicitors, REL's & RFL's 2019, SRA Principles 2019
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionReprimand
CostsGBP 2,500
Dishonesty foundNo
Duties found breached:
Mitigating factors:
- Hitherto good character with an unblemished disciplinary record / no previous findings
- Hints in the papers that the Respondent had experienced a difficult and possibly traumatic episode in her life which may have caused poor choices
- Significant delay in resolving matters; by the second allegation she had not held a practising certificate for almost six years
- Relatively low and limited harm
- No dishonesty, concealment, criminal activity, bullying, or preying on the vulnerable
Codes & rules applied
Duties engaged
- Proper basis for allegations
- Integrity
- No bribery or improper gifts
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- No unlawful discrimination or harassment
- Act in the client's best interests
- Advise objectively, not a mere conduit
- Complaints procedure and handling
- Cooperate openly with regulators
- Good faith and courtesy to colleagues