Louise Thomson

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

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• Competence
• Diligence and timeliness

Mitigating factors:

• Unblemished professional record since admission in 2006
• Co-operated fully with the investigation, responding within agreed deadlines
• Self-reported her absence after maternity leave and enquired about extending the trainee's contract
• Returned to assist with an audit of the trainee's experience
• Transparent regarding the lack of supervision
• Breaches were not intentional or wilful and were admitted
• Apologised for the breaches
• Medical/psychiatric evidence accepted as having adversely affected her judgement and ability to comply at the relevant times
• Applicant accepted she had not acted dishonestly or without integrity