David James Carr

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

David James Carr, an assistant solicitor, concealed from his supervisor that he was continuing to deal with a personal injury claim after the file was meant to be closed, allowed the limitation date to pass without issuing proceedings, and misled his client into believing proceedings had been issued and resolved in his favour while he purportedly quantified damages. The Tribunal found both allegations substantiated and expressly found the Respondent had acted dishonestly. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £4,074.82.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead the court
• Honesty

Aggravating factors:

• Deliberately misled client that proceedings had been issued and matter resolved in his favour
• Continued deception even after limitation date passed
• Concealed his conduct from his supervisor

Mitigating factors:

• Frank and open admissions
• Relatively young and inexperienced solicitor at the material time
• Had given way to pressure