Sandra Benson
Employee
634103

Decision - Prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Outcome date: 8 November 2016

Published date: 6 December 2017

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Handley Brown LLP

Address(es): 426 Blackpool Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 2DX

Firm ID: 450949

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 26 March 2018.

The Tribunal ordered that, as from 26 March 2018 except in accordance with Law Society permission:-

(i) No solicitor shall employ or remunerate, in connection with his practice as a solicitor Ms Benson;

(ii) No employee of a solicitor shall employ or remunerate, in connection with the solicitor’s practice the said Ms Benson;

(iii) No recognised body shall employ or remunerate the said Ms Benson;

(iv) No manager or employee of a recognised body shall employ or remunerate the said Ms Benson in connection with the business of that body;

(v) No recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit the said Ms Benson to be a manager of the body;

(vi) No recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit the saidMs Benson to have an interest in the body.

The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk