Antony Paul Raiwa

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

Respondent, a personal injury solicitor employed by Angel & Co, made misleading verbal and written statements to his employers and clients across seven matters, falsified time recording ledger entries, and instructed secretaries to type backdated correspondence. He falsely claimed files had been sent to law cost draftsmen and, in Mr SF's case, concealed that proceedings had been issued/served against the wrong defendant. He was dismissed for gross misconduct in March 2006 and did not appear at the hearing. Applying the Twinsectra test, the Tribunal found his conduct dishonest. All allegations were found substantiated. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £4,605.10.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Honesty
• Not mislead third parties or opponents
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• No conflict between current clients
• Competence

Aggravating factors:

• Systemic course of dishonest behaviour over a period of time across multiple client matters
• Made false time recording entries to mislead employers
• Instructed secretaries to type backdated documents, tempting them to behave inappropriately
• Failed to correct his mistake in Mr SF's case, leaving client unaware for a year