Kenneth Woodburn

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

The Respondent, a solicitor and qualified assistant supervising a trainee (the Secondary Complainer), was found guilty of professional misconduct in respect of contraventions of Rules B1.2 and B1.15 of the Practice Rules 2011 for inappropriate sexualised conduct towards the trainee. Established conduct included repeatedly calling her 'hot'/'the hottest trainee' (9.2), making graphic sexual remarks about her breast surgery and nipples and his own sexual activity (9.3), personalising a hypothetical rape scenario involving himself and her (9.4), and commenting that he was 'shagging' a woman on her birthday (9.6). He was found not guilty in respect of an alleged remark (9.5). No finding of dishonesty was made. The Tribunal censured him, restricted his practising certificate to bar him from mentoring/managing/supervising for three years, fined him £5,000, and found him liable in expenses.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• Not misrepresent regulated status