Anthony Giles Peter St John Kingsley

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

The Respondent, admitted in 1987, had held no Practising Certificate since 4 April 2000 and was under an indefinite suspension imposed by the Tribunal in 2002. Despite this, he corresponded with Edward Hayes solicitors between November 2001 and March 2002 on letterhead describing his firm as solicitors and purported to act in a conveyancing transaction. He conceded he had acted in the matter. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated, noting he practised uncertificated in defiance of a suspension order and was evasive in dealings with the Applicant. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay fixed costs of £596.50. No express finding of dishonesty was made; the Tribunal referred to integrity, probity and trustworthiness.

Duties found breached:

• Hold a current practising certificate

Aggravating factors:

• Practised uncertificated in defiance of an existing Tribunal suspension order
• Disdainful of an order made by his own professional disciplinary tribunal
• Evasive in his dealings with the Applicant
• Significant prior disciplinary history (18-month suspension in 2000; indefinite suspension in 2002)