Kim Singh Landa

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

Solicitor Kim Singh Landa gave an undertaking (3 January 2014) to register a form AN1 to secure Mr JM's interest in a property upon receipt of £25,000, but failed to do so. The AN1 was never registered and the property was later sold, causing Mr JM financial loss. The Tribunal found breaches of Principles 6 and 7 and Outcome 11.2. Separately, the Respondent provided inaccurate information to Drysdales in a letter dated 2 April 2015, breaching Principle 6; the SRA accepted he was confused (between Mr JM and Ms JC) rather than dishonest, so proceeded only on a Principle 6 basis. No dishonesty was found or alleged. He was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £3,452 in costs.

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• A solicitor's undertaking must be relied upon and is central to the conveyancing process; failure to comply was a material breach of obligations to protect the public and the reputation of the profession
• Respondent was an experienced solicitor with over seven years post-qualification experience
• Harm was reasonably foreseeable, including quantifiable financial loss to Mr JM

Mitigating factors:

• Previously unblemished disciplinary record
• One-off mistake; did not profit
• Showed insight, regret and embarrassment
• Made open and frank admissions at an early stage (save for breach of Principle 7) and co-operated
• Positive character references