Marcia Rose Swaby

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

Marcia Rose Swaby, a solicitors' clerk/secretary at Lewis Silkin authorised to handle cheques, was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to steal £35,000 by forging cheques. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated, finding the most serious dishonesty, and made a section 43 order controlling her future employment in the profession, plus £864 costs. She did not appear.

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty at the top end of the scale involving £35,000 lost forever
• Breach of position of trust while employed by a firm of solicitors

Mitigating factors:

• A co-defendant instigated the offence