Kiran Dohil

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

Kiran Dohil, a trainee solicitor/clerk employed by Nicholas and Co, was found to have committed extensive dishonesty: after being expelled from university for cheating and having her Law Society student membership cancelled under the name 'Aytan', she exploited an administrative error, adopted the altered name 'Naytan', obtained student membership and a training contract by deception, and produced forged and altered documents (passport, marriage certificate, degree certificate) and forged letters purportedly from her employer to The Law Society. She admitted the facts and allegation. The Tribunal made an Order under s.43 Solicitors Act 1974 prohibiting her employment by a solicitor without Law Society permission and ordered her to pay agreed costs of £5,520.60.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Hold a current practising certificate
• No improper solicitation or touting

Aggravating factors:

• Remarkable degree of dishonesty involving a series of discrete dishonest acts
• Deception perpetrated on both The Law Society and her employer
• Exploitation of The Law Society's administrative error
• Multiple forgeries and altered official documents

Mitigating factors:

• Admitted the facts and allegation
• Extremely remorseful and made no excuses
• Agreed the order sought and the costs figure