Oladipo Bolarinwa Ayoola

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

The Respondent attended the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal as representative of Mr A under the name "Oladipo Ayoola Solicitors," a firm never registered with or regulated by the SRA, despite never having practised in any firm since admission in 1999. He completed the AIT Section 84 form indicating he was authorised/supervised when he was not, misleading the AIT, and had no professional indemnity insurance. The client was a vulnerable immigration appellant. He also failed to respond to repeated SRA correspondence. He did not attend the hearing. The Tribunal found all three allegations proved (lack of integrity, not dishonesty), struck him off the Roll, and ordered costs of £1,400.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• Client was a particularly vulnerable immigration appellant
• Complex immigration case requiring proper representation
• No professional indemnity insurance in place
• Misled the AIT via the Section 84 form
• Failed to respond to numerous SRA letters, frustrating its regulatory function
• Held himself out as a qualified solicitor when not entitled to practise