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Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal):

Raymond John Ridley
Monday, 20 May 2013
  • Application 11023-2012
  • Admitted 1979
  • Hearing 13 December 2012
  • Reasons 15 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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Sellathamby Sriskandarajah
Monday, 20 May 2013
  • Application 11039-2012
  • Admitted 1988
  • Hearing 17 January 2013
  • Reasons 5 February 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should pay a fine of £5,000.

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Ian Allison Victor Pratchett, Matthew Apau Obeng and Arindum Das
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 10958-2012
  • Hearing 11 February 2013
  • Reasons 27 March 2013

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1999) should be suspended from practice as a solicitor for five years to commence on 11 February 2013.

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Clive Miller Hindle, Nicola Jane Carroll, Eileen Crawford Wilson, Gary Ackinclose
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 10767-2011
  • Hearing 11 June 2012
  • Reasons 27 July 2012

The SDT ordered that the allegations made against the first and fourth respondents should be adjourned and severed, but that the hearing of the allegations against the second respondent (admitted 2002) and the third respondent (admitted 1993) should proceed.

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Neale Simmons
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 11017-2012
  • Admitted 1988
  • Hearing 11 December 2012
  • Reasons 21 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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Denise Alexia Baker
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 11021-2012
  • Admitted 1997
  • Hearing 19 December 2012
  • Reasons 14 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be reprimanded.

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Marlan Higgins
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 11020-2012
  • Admitted 2002
  • Hearing 13 December 2012
  • Reasons 15 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be suspended from practice as a solicitor for an indefinite period to commence on 13 December 2012.

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Boon Low
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 10913-2012
  • Admitted 2004
  • Hearing 13 December 2012
  • Reasons 4 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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John Roberts, Geoffrey John Cogan, John David Martyn Loney, Peter Michael Higgins and Philip Bradley Roberts
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Application 11008-2012
  • Hearing 8 January 2013
  • Reasons 4 February 2013

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1973) should pay a fine of £4,000; that the second respondent (admitted 1979) should pay a fine of £2,000; and that the third respondent (admitted 1978) should pay a fine of £2,000.

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Dennis Akhole Ebhogiaye
Monday, 6 May 2013
  • Application 11000-2012
  • Hearing 11 December 2012
  • Reasons 23 January 2013
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Salina Seeparsand
Monday, 6 May 2013
  • Application 11044-2012
  • Admitted 2005
  • Hearing 11 December 2012
  • Reasons 21 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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Andrew Kennedy Horsey
Monday, 6 May 2013
  • Application 10948-2012
  • Admitted 1971
  • Hearing 6 December 2012
  • Reasons 4 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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Anthony David Simpson
Monday, 6 May 2013
  • Application 10987-2012
  • Hearing 10 December 2012
  • Reasons 15 January 2013
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Wing Hing Howard Chan
Monday, 6 May 2013
  • Application 11005-2012
  • Admitted 1991
  • Hearing 12 December 2012
  • Reasons 10 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be reprimanded.

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Milan Patel
Monday, 6 May 2013
  • Application 10905-2011
  • Admitted 2005
  • Hearing 14 June, 23 October and 11 December 2012
  • Reasons 8 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should pay a fine of £15,000.

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Susan Ebhogiaye and
 Sandra Williams
Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Application 11001-2012
  • Hearing 15 November 2012
  • Reasons 21 December 2012

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 2000) should be suspended from practice as a solicitor for six months to commence on 15 November 2012.

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Fuglers LLP 
(in association with David Berens & Co), David Anthony Berens, Bryan Myer Fugler and Mark Silas Jacob
Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Application 10917-2012
  • Hearings 17-19 October
  • 12 November 2012
  • Reasons 7 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the first respondent should pay a fine of £50,000; that the second respondent (admitted 1988) should pay a fine of £20,000; that the third respondent (admitted 1970) should pay a fine of £5,000; and that the fourth respondent (admitted 1994) should pay a fine of £5,000.

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Nobila Akhtar
Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Application 11006-2012
  • Admitted 2009
  • Hearing 27 November 2012
  • Reasons 8 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be suspended from practice as a solicitor for six months to commence on 27 November 2012.

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Peter Robert Tanner and John William Edward Leach
Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Application 10990-2012
  • Hearing 5 December 2012
  • Reasons 15 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1981) should pay a fine of £5,000; and that the second respondent (admitted 1963) should pay a fine of £2,000.

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Antoinette Olivia Taylor
Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Application 11004-2012
  • Admitted 1991
  • Hearing 29 November 2012
  • Reasons 4 January 2013

The SDT ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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Jonathan Jacobs
Monday, 8 April 2013
  • Application 10827-2011
  • Admitted 1998
  • Hearing 28 September 2012
  • Reasons 15 November 2012

The SDT ordered that the respondent should pay a fine of £2,000.

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Alan David Tickell
 and a second respondent
Monday, 8 April 2013
  • Application 10998-2012
  • Hearing 19 November 2012
  • Reasons 20 December 2012

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1982) should be struck off the roll.

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Colin Sleeman
 and Barbara Walton
Monday, 8 April 2013
  • Application 10989-2012
  • Hearing 8 November 2012
  • Reasons 14 December 2012

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1983) should pay a fine of £3,000.

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Nosa Kings Erhunmwunsee
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
  • Application 10947-2012
  • Hearing 11 October 2012
  • Reasons 14 November 2012

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ordered that the respondent, a registered foreign lawyer, should be struck off the Register of Foreign Lawyers.

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David James Sykes
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
  • Application 10799-2011
  • Admitted 1978
  • Hearing 16 October 2012
  • Reasons 17 November 2012

The SDT ordered that the applicant’s application for restoration to the roll should be granted.

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Anthony David Preston
Monday, 18 March 2013
  • Application 10894-2011
  • Admitted 1982
  • Hearing 15 October 2012
  • Reasons 16 November 2012

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ordered that the respondent should be struck off the roll.

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Louise Munn
Monday, 18 March 2013
  • Application 10983-2012
  • Hearing 23 October 2012
  • Reasons 12 November 2012
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Lawson Akhigbe
and Akhigbe and Akhigbe Solicitors
Monday, 18 March 2013
  • Application 10870-2011
  • Hearing 3 October 2012
  • Reasons 7 November 2012

The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 2007) should pay a fine of £4,000, and that the second respondent, a recognised body, should pay a fine of £6,000.

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Robert Richard Herbert Ware