Carmel Ellen Geraldine Morrison

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

The respondent, a costing clerk (not a solicitor) employed by Kenneth Morrison & Co., was convicted of ten offences of obtaining payment from the Legal Aid Board by deception, receiving a 15-month suspended sentence and a two-year supervision order. The Law Society applied for a section 43 order restricting her employment within the solicitors' profession. The respondent did not appear but admitted the matters in correspondence. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated (uncontested) and made the section 43 order, ordering her to pay fixed costs of £329.12.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent had been dealt with by way of a suspended sentence and supervision order, indicating exceptional circumstances
• Respondent adopted a realistic approach and admitted the matters