Munasinghe Mabarana

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

Solicitor Munasinghe Mabarana was found guilty of conduct unbefitting a solicitor for failing to pay Law Society costs/expenses agreed by instalments, failing to reply to Law Society correspondence, and failing to comply with an adjudicator's directions. He did not appear. The Tribunal, noting his prior disciplinary history, suspended him indefinitely until outstanding matters were resolved, ordered him to pay costs of £6,240, and directed that the adjudicator's directions be enforceable as High Court orders. No dishonesty was alleged or found.

Duties found breached:

• Keep client informed and respond promptly
• Advise on alternatives, settlement and outcome
• Pay instructed practitioners and agents

Aggravating factors:

• Previous disciplinary history (reprimanded in November 2004)
• Failure to reply to his own regulator prevented it from fulfilling its regulatory role
• His failures caused The Law Society to incur further cost