Merilyn Brown

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

Merilyn Brown, a barrister, with the intention of making a financial gain in obtaining part-time employment as Head of Legal Services at Whittington Health (Whittington Hospital NHS Trust), submitted a job application in June/July 2012 falsely stating she had never been dismissed (she had been dismissed in September 2010 from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust), falsely stating her reason for leaving was that it was an 'interim role', and falsely certifying the application as correct, then failed to correct these matters at interview on 31 July 2012. She also falsely told a Whittington colleague on or about 19 October 2012 that she was working only part-time at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust when she was in fact working full-time. The conduct was found to be dishonest. She was disbarred.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• Uphold public trust in the profession