Godwin Okri

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

Godwin Okri, an unregistered barrister called by Lincoln's Inn in 1995, faced charges of professional misconduct relating to property transactions in which he acted for both seller and buyer with a conflict of interest, dishonestly proceeded with undervalue transactions, ignored an SRA green card fraud warning, breached money laundering regulations, and dishonestly assisted a third party in securing property at a substantial undervalue. The charges were understood to be admitted. The Respondent was absent but represented by Mr Bueno QC; an application to adjourn was refused in the interests of justice given considerable delay. The Tribunal accepted the underlying SDT findings (including dishonesty) which it could not go behind, and imposed sanction with costs.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money
• No taking unfair advantage
• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• The client in question was elderly