Kezia Naa Oyoe Asare (Nee Quartey)

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

The Respondent, admitted in 1995 and a partner at Ned & Chucks, pleaded guilty on 1 July 2003 at Snaresbrook Crown Court to making an untrue statement to procure a passport, having countersigned a passport application using the identity of a child who had died in 1979 for an applicant she did not know. She received a 120-hour community punishment order. The Tribunal found the allegation of conduct unbefitting (based on a conviction for an offence of dishonesty) substantiated, finding a serious breach of trust. As she had already removed herself from the Roll, the Tribunal prohibited restoration of her name except by Order and ordered her to pay costs of £2,022.20.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Serious breach of trust
• Offence committed by a qualified solicitor in a position of trust
• Used the identity of a deceased child
• Played no part in the proceedings