Anita Jane Garside and Paul Verney Robertshaw
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodySolicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)
Professionsolicitor
Case number8591/2002
Date01/01/2002
OutcomeSuspend - Fixed Period, Suspend - Indefinite
Allegation / charges
Breaches, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Others
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionSuspension
Dishonesty foundNo
Duties found breached:
- Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
- Competence
- Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper communication with the court
- No improper use of client money
- No taking unfair advantage
- Uphold public trust in the profession
Aggravating factors:
- Robertshaw abrogated his responsibilities as a solicitor and behaved in a cavalier and foolish manner
- Robertshaw's actions seriously affected Mrs Garside
- Robertshaw failed to respond to repeated OSS correspondence, leading to intervention into his practice
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=9074.44"]