Naresh Trivedi

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

Naresh Trivedi, a solicitor admitted in 1984, lost his client Mr MM's medical negligence file and allowed the limitation period to expire without informing the client. He deceived the client by representing that proceedings had been commenced and settlement offers (£3,000, £5,000, then £7,500) had been made by the hospital trust, when in truth these were his own attempts to compensate for the lost claim. He sent the client for medical investigation knowing the claim was statute barred, and continued acting despite a conflict of interest. He admitted all four allegations including dishonesty. The Tribunal found express dishonesty and struck him off the Roll, ordering costs of £9,000.mistaken;

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• Advise objectively, not a mere conduit
• No own-interest conflict
• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• Premeditated act of sending client for medical inspection knowing claim was statute barred
• Deliberate deception of client making it appear claim was ongoing
• Made a deliberate decision, not a moment of madness

Mitigating factors:

• Admitted all allegations
• Ill health with debilitating effect
• Positive written testimonials attesting to integrity and competence
• Hitherto unblemished career
• No dishonesty with client money
• Facts related to narrow period of time
• Apologised to client