Andrew Ehi Ukiwa

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

Andrew Ehi Ukiwa, a barrister of Middle Temple, was found to have deliberately provided a false address (25 Raul Road, Peckham) for his wife in divorce proceedings, knowing she had no connection to it, so that someone else could complete and return the acknowledgement of service, thereby fraudulently obtaining a divorce between March and November 2013. The Tribunal found dishonesty proved to the criminal standard on the circumstantial evidence, agreeing with the earlier finding of HHJ Karp. He also failed to self-report his serious misconduct to the BSB. The Tribunal disbarred him on Charges 1-3 with no separate penalty on Charge 4. His appeal was dismissed.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Report serious misconduct of others
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Involvement of others
• Undermining the profession in the eyes of the public
• Previous disciplinary findings against him
• Lack of remorse for having committed the offences

Mitigating factors:

• Limited experience within the profession