Paulina Marianna Jastrzebska

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

The Respondent, a solicitor admitted in 2017, was convicted on 8 November 2021 of possessing criminal property (credits totalling £63,770 and EUR 21,955) contrary to s.329(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, knowing or suspecting it represented proceeds of criminal conduct (drug supply/distribution) between May 2016 and January 2019. She admitted breaching Principles 1, 2 and 5. The Tribunal, dealing with the matter on the papers by agreed outcome, found the misconduct extremely serious with self-evident damage to the reputation of the profession, and ordered that she be struck off the Roll. No exceptional circumstances were found. Based on her Statement of Means, the SRA did not seek costs, and no order for costs was made. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal conviction for possessing criminal property derived from supply and distribution of drugs
• Extremely serious misconduct causing self-evident damage to the reputation of the profession

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent made full admissions to the allegations