Nathan Horsley

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

Mr Horsley, a solicitor who ceased practising in 2013, was convicted in August 2019 of seven counts of fraud for dishonestly making false representations between November 2016 and March 2017 to procure goods worth approximately £10,577. He was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment (suspended). He admitted the SRA allegation and admitted his conduct was dishonest. On the papers, the Tribunal approved the agreed outcome, finding no exceptional circumstances, and ordered he be struck off the Roll and pay costs of £1,300.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty
• Conduct sustained over a period of time (November 2016 to March 2017)
• Intended to provide a benefit to himself and his events business
• Detriment to companies and an individual

Mitigating factors:

• Non-agreed mitigation put forward by respondent regarding prior whistleblowing, prolonged police investigation and personal stress (not agreed by SRA)