Tara Kate Kitchener

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

Tara Kate Kitchener, a solicitor's clerk employed as a cashier, was convicted at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court of dishonestly obtaining money by deception and theft of petty cash. She took £920 in petty cash and falsified accounting records diverting a £749.97 insurance commission cheque to an accomplice. She received a two-year probation order and was ordered to pay £1,670 compensation. The Tribunal made a Section 43 order restricting her employment by solicitors without Law Society permission, and ordered her to pay costs of £658.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Abuse of position as cashier
• Falsified accounting records
• Used an accomplice to divert a commission cheque