Amanda Marie Lennon

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

Amanda Marie Lennon, an associate solicitor at Ascent Performance Group Limited, admitted all allegations including dishonesty. She misled a court about an advocate being ill when none had been booked, fabricated two false LPC attendance notes, and misled a banking client (Client A) about the progress of six litigation matters, falsely telling the client judgment had been obtained when claims had been struck out or not progressed, over a period of about three years to conceal her own missed deadlines and negligence. The Tribunal approved an Agreed Outcome, found her culpability high with no exceptional circumstances, and ordered she be struck off the Roll and pay costs of £2,000.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• No improper communication with the court
• Honesty

Aggravating factors:

• Repeated dishonest conduct over a period of some 3 years involving misleading the Court and Client A
• Deliberate, calculated and repeated misconduct
• Concealment of wrongdoing
• Knew or ought to have known conduct was in material breach of obligations to protect the public and reputation of the profession
• Conduct resulted in at least five of Client A's claims being struck out

Mitigating factors:

• Cooperated with the SRA investigation and made admissions at the earliest opportunity
• Mental health suffered whilst at the firm
• Does not intend to practise as a solicitor again