Gavin
Clarke
Solicitor
323592
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 31 October 2024
Published date: 14 May 2025
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 November 2025.
Mr. Clarke was Struck Off the Roll.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 18 December 2023
Published date: 15 January 2024
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Gavin Clarke's practising certificate for 2023/2024 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Clarke is not a manager or owner of any authorised body, authorised non-SRA firm or legal services body.
- Subject to the above condition, Mr Clarke may act as a solicitor, only as an employee where the role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Clarke is not the sole signatory to any client or office account and does not have sole responsibility for client or office account or sole responsibility for authorising client or office account transfers.
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.