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Tony Dettmar

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodySolicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)
Professionsolicitor
Case number7386/1997
Date01/01/1997
OutcomeS.43 Order (clerks)

Allegation / charges

Others

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

SanctionConditions
CostsGBP 2,113
Dishonesty foundYes

Tony Dettmar, a solicitor's clerk and office account cashier at Forsyte Saunders Kerman, misappropriated £15,981.81 from the firm's office bank account between June 1995 and March 1996. He pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and two of false accounting (with 20 further offences taken into consideration) and was sentenced at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court on 26 November 1996 to an effective nine months' imprisonment. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and made a Section 43(2) order controlling his future employment within the profession, plus costs of £2,113.19. The respondent did not appear and did not dispute the matter.

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://solicitorstribunal.org.uk/case/7386/