Susan Elizabeth Hudson

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

The Respondent, a conveyancing employee at HP Solicitors, was found to have conducted conveyancing transactions (Plot 56 Juniper Court, Flat 1 The Church, and 60 Balmoral Road) that bore the hallmarks of mortgage fraud and to have failed to report material facts to lender clients, including undisclosed deposits, back-to-back/sub-sale transactions with price increases yielding surpluses paid to related parties, and acting for multiple parties. The allegation was proved to the criminal standard. The Tribunal made a Section 43 Order (regulatory, not punitive) requiring Law Society permission before she could be employed by a solicitor, and ordered costs of £6,500 not to be enforced without leave given her limited financial resources. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• Self-report to the regulator