Vincent Anthony Devenny

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

Vincent Anthony Devenny, a solicitor's clerk (not a solicitor), was convicted in February 1995 of three counts of handling stolen goods, three counts of obtaining property by deception and one count of attempting to obtain property by deception, receiving 180 hours community service on each count concurrent. The Law Society applied for a Section 43 order restricting his employment within the solicitors' profession. The respondent did not appear (understood to be residing in Spain). The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated, made the Section 43 order sought, and ordered him to pay costs of £939.20 including a proportion of advertising costs.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Serious criminal offences involving the taking of cheques
• Former police officer