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Warning: Website misusing the name and details of genuine solicitors

19 November 2025

Profiles have been set up on a website at 'www.fiverr.com' misusing the names and details of several genuine solicitors and purporting to offer legal services.

What is the scam?

The SRA have been informed that several profiles have been set up on freelance services marketplace Fiverr misusing the names of several genuine solicitors. The profile purports to be for individuals who are offering legal services and suggests that the individuals are regulated by the SRA.

The SRA has seen profiles for individual claiming to be 'Hannah Ruth James', 'Saffron Goldberg', 'Joanne Lindsey Abbott', 'David Anderson', 'Mima Garland', 'James Foale', 'Natalie Jane Barbosa' and 'Alice Kennedy'.

Any business or transactions through the profiles named above on the website Fiverr is not undertaken by a firm or individual authorised and regulated by the SRA.

Is there a genuine firm or person?

Is there a genuine firm or person?

The SRA authorises and regulates a genuine solicitors called:

Hannah Ruth James SRA ID 7050151 employed at Kuit Steinart Levy LLP
Saffron Goldberg SRA ID 823776 employed at Carpmaels & Ransford (International) LLP
Joanne Lindsey Abbott SRA ID 501394 employed at Burberry Ltd
David Stuart Anderson SRA ID 194435 employed at Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
Mima Garland SRA ID 355358 employed at Goldman Sachs International
James Foale SRA ID 336214 employed at Macfarlanes LLP
Natalie Jane Barbosa SRA ID 386346 employed at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Alice Kennedy SRA ID 662336 employed at Fieldfisher LLP

All of the above solicitors have confirmed they do not have any connection to the website or profile referred to in the above alert.

What should I do?

When a firm's or individual's identity has been copied exactly (or cloned), due diligence is necessary. If you receive correspondence claiming to be from the above firm(s) or individual(s), or information of a similar nature to that described, you should conduct your own due diligence by checking the authenticity of the correspondence by contacting the law firm directly by reliable and established means. You can contact the SRA to find out if individuals or firms are regulated and authorised by the SRA and verify an individual's or firm's practising details. Other verification methods, such as checking public records (e.g. telephone directories and company records) may be required in other circumstances.