Andrew Ehi Ukiwa

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

Andrew Ehi Ukiwa, a barrister of Middle Temple, faced four charges of professional misconduct arising from divorce proceedings against his wife. The Tribunal found that between March and November 2013 he deliberately and in an attempt to deceive the court and his wife wrongly stated her address as 25 Raul Road, Peckham (an address she had no connection with), knowing someone else there would complete and return the acknowledgement of service, with the intention of obtaining a divorce fraudulently. The Tribunal independently reviewed largely circumstantial evidence and found dishonesty proved to the criminal standard, concluding the false acknowledgement of service (including an attempt to copy the wife's signature) could only have been brought about by the respondent. He also failed to self-report his serious misconduct to the BSB. The Tribunal disbarred him on Charges 1-3, with no separate penalty on Charge 4.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Report serious misconduct of others
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Involvement of others
• Undermining the profession in the eyes of the public
• Previous disciplinary findings against him
• Lack of remorse for having committed the offences
• Persisted in denying what he had done over the years

Mitigating factors:

• Limited experience within the profession
• Conduct occurred when he was not yet a qualified barrister