Lois Yvonne
Bayliss
Solicitor
362480
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 4 April 2023
Published date: 21 September 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Broad Yorkshire Law Limited
Address(es): 219a Handsworth Road, Sheffield S13 9BH
Firm ID: 565846
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
This notification relates to a decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent tribunal which will reach its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the solicitor. The tribunal has certified that there is a case to answer in respect of allegations which are or include that:
- Between 4 and 21 February 2022, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Bayliss sent letters to up to 450 individuals at up to 247 schools and GP surgeries, and encouraged up to 48 others to send similar letters, threatening that the recipients would face civil and/or criminal liability if they:
- required face-coverings and carried out routine lateral flow tests for schoolchildren
- facilitated the school-age children Covid-vaccination programme.
The threats in Allegation 1 were misleading.
- When making the threats in Allegation 1, Ms Bayliss improperly sought to rely upon her standing and role as a solicitor.
The allegations are subject to a hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.