Michael William Redmond

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

Michael William Redmond, an assistant solicitor admitted in 2006, was found to have created three false letters purporting to come from Wiggin Council to mask delays he had caused, and to have misled a client by saying a CRB check had been received when it had not been submitted. Both allegations were proved on his own admission. Applying the Twinsectra test, the Tribunal found both objective and subjective limbs satisfied and made an express finding of dishonesty. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £4,412.42. He did not appear or submit mitigation.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• Not mislead third parties or opponents

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct involved forgery of documents designed to mislead clients and others
• Deliberately set out to mislead a client
• Failed to appreciate that creating false letters amounted to forgery
• Did not attend the hearing or present any mitigation

Mitigating factors:

• Young solicitor, only recently admitted (September 2006)
• Under pressure at the relevant time
• Made admissions to his firm and the SRA