Darren Lawrence Roiser

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

The SRA alleged that the Respondent, Managing Partner of Firm A's London office, engaged in inappropriate/unwanted and sexually motivated conduct towards Person A, a junior paralegal, at a team dinner on 15 October 2020, including grabbing her arms, pushing her against a wall, kissing her, putting his tongue in her mouth, and telling her she was very attractive. The Tribunal found all sub-allegations not proved except that a kiss occurred (1.1.3), which it found was initiated by Person A, not the Respondent, and was not shown to be non-consensual. It found the kiss sexually motivated (1.2) but that participation was only inappropriate in a narrow sense given his seniority and role in procuring excessive alcohol. Allegation 1.3 (breach of Principles 2/5 and Code para 1.2) was not proved; no lack of integrity found. All allegations dismissed with no order for costs. The Tribunal criticised the workplace drinking culture and the near four-year delay in bringing proceedings.