Robin Wyn Jones

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

Robin Wyn Jones, admitted 1991, was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court of four counts of falsely pretending to act under the authority of a Court after forging a Decree Nisi and three Decrees Absolute. He was sentenced to imprisonment (reduced on appeal to six weeks). He admitted the allegation of conduct unbefitting a solicitor and did not attend. Although the Tribunal noted he acted under great pressure, this could not excuse forgery of court documents. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £890. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

• Cease acting on client perjury or disobedience

Aggravating factors:

• Forgery of important court documents likely to be relied upon by others
• Conduct certain to bring the profession into disrepute
• Criminal conviction and custodial sentence

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent had been subjected to overwhelming pressure at the time of the offences (noted by Court of Appeal)
• Admitted the allegation
• Expressed remorse and apologised
• No longer held a practising certificate