Nathan Horsley

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

Nathan Horsley, admitted to the Roll in 2010 but not in practice since 2013, was convicted in August 2019 of seven counts of fraud for making false representations between November 2016 and March 2017 to procure goods worth approximately £10,577 (fireworks, hampers, chocolates, gift cards, and Grand National tickets). He was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment per count, concurrent, suspended for 24 months. He admitted the SRA allegation and admitted his conduct was dishonest. The Tribunal, dealing with the matter on the papers by agreed outcome, expressly found dishonesty and that no exceptional circumstances existed. It ordered that he be struck off the Roll and pay costs of £1,300.

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty sustained over a period of time
• Conduct intended to provide a benefit to the respondent and his business
• Criminal convictions for seven counts of fraud
• Made or attempted to make gain to the detriment of companies and an individual

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent's non-agreed mitigation regarding stress from a prolonged six-year police investigation/prosecution arising from whistleblowing, personal hardship (stillbirth, divorce, loss of income), and acquittal in the related Hedleys matter (not agreed by the SRA)