Anthony Gerard
Eastwood
Solicitor
135647
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal order
Outcome date: 12 April 2023
Published date: 14 June 2023
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
Outcome of SDT Hearing
This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which reaches its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Respondent. The Tribunal had certified that there was a case to answer.
The matter was heard on 12-13 April 2022.
Mr. Eastwood was reprimanded.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 9 February 2022
Published date: 18 March 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Goodswens Solicitors
Address(es): 118 High Street, Redcar TS10 3DH
Firm ID: 49974
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Savage Silk Limited
Address(es): The Core, Bath Lane, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TF
Firm ID: 615120
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Anthony Eastwood’s practising certificate for 2021/2022 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Eastwood shall not act as a manager or owner of any authorised body.
- Subject to condition 1, Mr Eastwood may act as a solicitor, only as an employee where the role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Eastwood may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Eastwood does not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest and reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.