Ronald Charles Brokenbrow

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

The respondent, a litigation managing clerk (not a solicitor), was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of Conspiracy to Defraud and Procuring the Execution of a Valuable Security by Deception (offences committed 1980-1983 while he was secretary of PCH Limited) and sentenced to six months' imprisonment on each count suspended for two years; an appeal was unsuccessful. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and made a Section 43 order controlling his employment within the profession. The respondent did not attend and maintained his innocence. The Tribunal made no express finding of dishonesty against the respondent in this decision.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Mitigating factors:

• Tried alongside co-defendants who were the 'prime movers' in the fraud
• Acquitted on a number of other charges
• Appointed company secretary without consultation and catapulted into a senior role with no commercial experience or formal qualifications
• No suggestion he benefitted personally or financially from the transactions
• Long service in the legal profession with two employers
• 59 years old, no employment prospects, existing on income support