Andrew Odeworitse Eyeoyibo & Another

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

First Respondent (Eyeoyibo), a solicitor, conducted suspicious back-to-back conveyancing transactions, failed to alert lender clients to material facts (allowances/cashbacks reducing purchase prices), submitted false and misleading certificates of title, breached undertakings to pay stamp duty and register title, falsely told the SRA he had no involvement with CLP after Dec 2007, and failed to cooperate with the LCS/SRA and to deliver his Accountant's Report. The Tribunal applied the Twinsectra test and found him dishonest, ordering him struck off the Roll plus costs. The Second Respondent admitted only failing to deliver her Accountant's Report; the Tribunal found she was largely a victim of the First Respondent and could not access accounting records, and reprimanded her with a fixed costs contribution of £1,650.

Duties found breached:

• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Honesty
• No conflict between current clients
• Not misrepresent regulated status

Aggravating factors:

• Repeated course of conduct across multiple conveyancing transactions
• False statement to the SRA about involvement with CLP
• Failure to cooperate with regulator and respond to correspondence
• Absented himself and was unavailable for interview
• Client funds for stamp duty not delivered to HMRC; properties left unregistered