Nicola
Cain
Non-lawyer manager
694013
Decision - Employee-related decision
Outcome: Control of non-qualified staff (Section 43 / Section 99 order)
Outcome date: 16 November 2022
Published date: 6 December 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Address(es): Tower Bridge House, St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1AA
Firm ID: 440566
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE MATTER OF: Nicola Bobbie Cain of the Isle of Dogs, London
A person who is or was involved in a legal practice but is not a solicitor
THE FACTS
Ms Cain was disbarred by The Bar Tribunals and Adjudication on 3 February 2022 following her admissions in respect of the charges raised against her including that of dishonesty. The charges related to her fabricating court documents, misleading her clients and misleading the court.
At the time of her misconduct Ms Cain was a partner in the firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP whose head office is at Tower Bridge House, St Katharine’s Way, London E1W 1AA.
Ms Cain was ordered to pay the SRA’s costs of £300 in investigating this matter.
FINDING
Ms Cain, 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 effective from the date of the letter or email notifying Ms Cain 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; and
- 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.