Amoy
Clarke
Employee
668991
Decision - Employee-related decision
Outcome: Control of non-qualified staff (Section 43 / Section 99 order)
Outcome date: 23 September 2022
Published date: 5 October 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Address(es): 40 Bank Street Canary Wharf, London, E14 5DS
Firm ID: 80014
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
The facts
Between 16 January 2001 and 8 July 2019, Miss Clarke worked as a legal secretary at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP whose office is at One Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5DS. The firm dismissed her for gross misconduct on 8 July 2019.
It was found that between November 2015 and July 2019 Miss Clarke misused two of the firm’s air miles accounts to book flights and redeem hotel vouchers for herself and friends and family without authority or consent from the firm. In total she had booked 80 flights on 55 separate occasions.
It was found that Miss Clarke’s conduct was dishonest.
Miss Clarke was ordered to pay the SRA’s costs of £600 in investigating this matter.
Finding
Miss Clarke, who is not a solicitor, is or was involved in a legal practice and has occasioned or been a party to an act or default which involved such conduct on her part that it is undesirable for her to be involved in a legal practice in any of the ways described in the order below.
Order
To make an order pursuant to section 43 that with effect from the date of the letter or email notifying Miss Clarke of this decision:
- No solicitor shall employ or remunerate her in connection with his/her practice as a solicitor.
- No employee of a solicitor shall employ or remunerate her in connection with the solicitor's practice.
- No recognised body shall employ or remunerate her.
- No manager or employee of a recognised body shall employ or remunerate her in connection with the business of that body.
- No recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit her to be a manager of the body.
- No recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit her to have an interest in the body except in accordance with the SRA’s prior written permission.