Wendy Michelle Randall

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

Wendy Michelle Randall, a solicitor at Hillyer McKeown LLP, signed two Affidavits on or around 5 August 2016 confirming they had been signed and sworn in her presence when this was not the case. She admitted the allegation and admitted her conduct was dishonest. The Tribunal, dealing with the matter on the papers by way of an Agreed Outcome, found the misconduct serious and dishonest, and that only a strike off was appropriate. She was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £6,810.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty
• Experienced solicitor solely responsible for her conduct
• Caused harm to the reputation of the profession and undermined trust placed in her

Mitigating factors:

• Misconduct was not planned
• Had insight into her misconduct
• Made open and frank admissions
• Co-operated with the investigation