Sandra Fenwick

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

Sandra Fenwick, a probate clerk (not a solicitor), employed by Timothy Stiddard and later Berry Redmond and Robinson, had conduct of the administration of a number of estates. She mishandled estate funds in breach of the Solicitors Accounts Rules 1991: in one estate a disbursement recorded as a payment to Barclaycard was found to be her own Barclaycard account and her telephone bill was paid; funds from one estate were used to discharge funeral accounts in other estates; funds in two matters became mixed and confused; and several files could not be traced. She admitted the matters in correspondence and did not appear. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and made a Section 43(2) order controlling her employment, and ordered her to pay costs of £603.96. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Disclose adverse law to the court
• No conflict between current clients

Mitigating factors:

• Admissions made in correspondence
• Allegation not contested