Andrew Odeworitse Eyeoyibo & Another

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

First Respondent Andrew Eyeoyibo, a director of City Legal Partnership Ltd, conducted twelve back-to-back property purchases and other conveyancing transactions in which he failed to disclose material allowances/cashbacks to lenders, submitted false and misleading certificates of title, falsely certified six months' ownership, and breached undertakings to pay stamp duty and register titles. The Tribunal, applying Twinsectra, found he acted dishonestly and struck him off the Roll. He also falsely told the SRA he had left CLP and failed to cooperate. The Second Respondent, largely a victim of the First Respondent and unable to file the Accountant's Report because she lacked access to records, admitted failing to deliver her Accountant's Report and was reprimanded, ordered to contribute £1,650 towards costs. The First Respondent was ordered to pay costs subject to detailed assessment.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
• Not misrepresent regulated status

Aggravating factors:

• Repeated course of conduct across multiple conveyancing transactions
• Failure to notify lenders of significant allowances reducing purchase price
• False certification that vendor had owned property for six months when new-build
• Absented himself and failed to cooperate with investigation
• Provided false information to regulator