Trevor Symonds

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

Trevor Symonds, admitted in 1983, practised as a sole practitioner. All nine allegations were found substantiated, including practising and holding himself out as a solicitor without a valid practising certificate, giving untrue evidence under oath in Lincoln County Court that he was a practising solicitor, failing to comply with undertakings to Hargreaves Gilman and RBS, failing to produce records to investigators, failing to file an Accountant's Report, and failing to cooperate with the SRA. He did not appear. Given his disciplinary history (1992 and 1999) and the seriousness of the misconduct, the Tribunal struck him off the Roll and ordered him to pay costs of £24,900.42. No express finding of dishonesty was made in the current proceedings.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Personal probity and fitness to practise
• Disclose material information to client
• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• Diligence and timeliness
• Hold a current practising certificate
• Honour professional undertakings

Aggravating factors:

• Prior disciplinary history: 1992 finding of conduct unbefitting following conviction for a dishonesty offence, and a 1999 finding with a £5,000 fine
• Misleading the court by giving untrue evidence under oath that he was a practising solicitor
• Repeated failures to cooperate with his regulatory body
• Abdication of responsibilities to clients and regulatory duties
• Chose not to participate in the disciplinary proceedings

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]