Cynthia Mary Griffiths

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

Cynthia Mary Griffiths, a non-solicitor employed in the accounts department of Cyril Morris Arkwright solicitors (1990-1994), misappropriated clients' cash funds totalling £6,775.34 between May 1991 and July 1994, disguising the misappropriation on client bank reconciliations. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and expressly found she had dishonestly misappropriated clients' monies. It made a Section 43 order controlling her future employment in the profession and ordered her to pay costs of £870 plus Investigation Accountant's costs of £2,788.49.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=3658.49"]