Janine Wilkinson

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

Janine Wilkinson, an assistant solicitor, was convicted of fraud by false representation under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 after impersonating another person to obtain NHS prescriptions for her personal consumption between April and September 2020. She admitted the allegations and that her conduct was dishonest. The Tribunal, dealing with the matter on the papers via an Agreed Outcome, found dishonesty was established with no exceptional circumstances (per Sharma) and struck her off the Roll, ordering costs of £1,038.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct involved a criminal conviction for dishonesty

Mitigating factors:

• Very difficult personal circumstances at the time, including periods of illness
• Misconduct resulted in little, if any, financial gain
• Misconduct was unrelated to her practice as a solicitor
• Admissions made and matter resolved by Agreed Outcome