Edward Anthony Bromet

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

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• No improper use of client money
• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty in misleading his co-trustee/client that funds were held in a high interest account when they had been paid away to himself and creditors
• Misuse of client funds across seven improper transfers over a four week period
• Allowed the firm's letterhead and template letters to be used by another organisation over a two year period
• He was sole director, COLP and COFA and claimed to be monitoring the business closely

Mitigating factors:

• No client lost any money; funds were replaced in full
• Interest/income was generated for the beneficiary of the Trust
• Early admissions to parts of the allegations
• Self-reported the September transfers to the SRA
• Remorse and apology to the Tribunal and profession