Bernardo De Abbeville Paz-Penia De Vire

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

The Respondent, a sole practitioner trading as De Vire & Co, admitted four allegations of conduct unbefitting a solicitor relating to his failure to deliver Accountant's Reports for years ending 31 March 2003 and 31 March 2004, and failure to comply with two Adjudicator directions (7 May 2004 and 8 February 2005). He had repeatedly sought and obtained extensions, citing transition to a computer accounting system, his accountant's unavailability, and awaiting overseas bank statements, but never delivered the Reports and failed to provide bank statements to support a waiver request. The Tribunal accepted his accounts of ill-health/depression but noted the long period of non-compliance and the importance of Accountant's Reports for public protection. It imposed a £2,000 fine, a conditional indefinite suspension (effective 4 October 2007) unless outstanding Reports were filed or a waiver obtained within 90 days, and £991 costs. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• Disclose adverse law to the court
• No improper solicitation or touting