Clive James Coble

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

The respondent, admitted 1987, was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court on his own confession of three counts of theft and two counts of false accounting, and sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. He admitted the allegation of conduct unbefitting a solicitor by letter but did not appear. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated, noting he had been convicted of criminal offences involving dishonesty and ordered him struck off the Roll and to pay costs of £680.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Serious criminal offences involving dishonesty
• Custodial sentence imposed
• Incalculable damage to the reputation of the solicitors' profession