Patricia Marsh

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

Patricia Marsh, an unqualified solicitor's clerk employed by Kieran Fielding solicitors, was convicted in January 1994 of impeding the apprehension of an offender and assisting an escaped prisoner (arising from a Strangeways riot trial where she helped two prisoner defendants escape custody) and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment concurrent. The Law Society applied for a Section 43 order. The respondent did not appear but did not contest the facts. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and made the order sought effective 2 January 1996, ordering the respondent to pay costs of £398.20, while noting her impecuniosity and trusting the Law Society to exercise proper judgement on enforcement.

Duties found breached:

• Prosecutorial duty of disclosure

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent did not contest the facts
• Respondent no longer wished to be employed by solicitors and was undertaking a period of study
• Respondent's impecuniosity noted