Clive James Coble

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

The respondent, admitted in 1987, was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court on 3 January 1997 of three counts of theft and two counts of false accounting and sentenced to eight months imprisonment. The Tribunal found the allegation of conduct unbefitting a solicitor substantiated, noting the offences involved dishonesty. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £680.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal convictions involving dishonesty
• Custodial sentence imposed
• Incalculable damage to reputation of the solicitors' profession

Mitigating factors:

• Admitted the allegation