Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds
Solicitor
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Decision - Prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Outcome date: 18 May 2023

Published date: 7 December 2023

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Parfitt Creswell

Address(es): 4A Kingfisher Court Bellbrook Industrial Estate Uckfield TN22 1QQ

Firm ID: 071480

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 :- 

1. From 10 March 2021 to 8 February 2022, Mrs Reynolds failed to take any action to register her client’s Lasting Power of Attorney with the Office of Public Guardian; 
2. On a date between 8 February 2022 and 25 February 2022, Mrs Reynolds changed the terms of her client’s Lasting Power of Attorney, without her client’s consent, instructions or knowledge and sent it to the Office of Public Guardian to be registered; 
3. On a date between 8 February 2022 and 25 February 2022, Mrs Reynolds changed the date on her client’s cheque, without her client’s consent, instructions or knowledge and sent it to the Office of Public Guardian to be presented at the client’s bank.   

The allegations are subject to a Hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.