Vincent Anthony Devenny
Allegation / charges
Others
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Vincent Anthony Devenny, a solicitors' clerk (former police officer) employed by Simon Alexander & Co in Leeds, was convicted on 16 February 1995 of three counts of handling stolen goods, three counts of obtaining property by deception, and one count of attempting to obtain property by deception (involving the taking of cheques), and sentenced to 180 hours community service on each count concurrent plus costs and compensation. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and made a Section 43(2) order restricting his employment within the solicitors' profession without Law Society permission. He did not appear and was not represented; service was by advertisement as he had taken up residence in Spain. He was ordered to pay costs of £939.20.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Conviction involved serious criminal offences involving the taking of cheques
- Followed a dishonest course of action