Kiran Dohil
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Respondent, a trainee solicitor at Nicholas and Co, had previously been expelled from university for cheating under the name Aytan and had her Law Society student membership cancelled. She exploited a Law Society administrative duplicate-entry error, denied being the expelled student, and obtained student membership and a training contract under the slightly altered name 'Naytan'. She forged and altered documents (degree certificate, passport, marriage certificate), forged letters purporting to be from her employer, and intercepted correspondence. She admitted the facts and allegation. The Tribunal found dishonesty and made a s.43 order, ordering her to pay agreed costs of £5,520.60.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Remarkable degree of dishonesty
- Series of discrete dishonest acts spanning years
- Forgery of documents and letters
- Deception of both The Law Society and her employer
- Interception of correspondence addressed to the firm
Mitigating factors:
- Admitted facts and allegation
- Extremely remorseful and made no excuses
- Agreed the order sought and the costs figure