Claudius Roosevelt Challenger

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

The Respondent, a sole practitioner solicitor, failed to deliver Accountant's Reports for 2008 (delivered over seven months late) and 2009 (never delivered), failed to cooperate with the SRA by not responding to numerous letters, and failed to pay a £1,890 indemnity insurance premium to the Assigned Risks Pool. He did not attend the hearing and was not represented. The Tribunal found all four allegations substantiated on the documents. No dishonesty was alleged or found. He was suspended indefinitely and ordered to pay costs of £4,255.22, with a recommendation that suspension not be lifted until the outstanding report is filed and the premium paid.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• Professional indemnity insurance

Aggravating factors:

• Failure to engage with the regulator and repeated non-response to correspondence
• Accountant's Report for year ending 25 September 2009 still outstanding at date of hearing
• Insurance premium of £1,890 remained outstanding at date of hearing