Siobhan Hall (Cook)
Employee
7817703

Decision - Employee-related decision

Outcome: Control of non-qualified staff (Section 43 / Section 99 order)

Outcome date: 12 August 2026

Published date: 24 August 2026

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: AJM Solicitors

Address(es): 2 Spilman Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1JY, Wales

Firm ID: 637427

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

1. Agreed outcome

1.1 Siobhan Hall, a former employee of AJM Solicitors (the Firm), agrees to the following outcome to the investigation of her conduct by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA):

1. to the SRA making an order under section 43 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (a section 43 order) in relation to Siobhan Hall that, from the date of this agreement:
   1. no solicitor shall employ or remunerate her in connection with his practice as a solicitor
   2. no employee of a solicitor shall employ or remunerate her in connection with the solicitor's practice
   3. no recognised body shall employ or remunerate her
   4. no manager or employee of a recognised body shall employ or remunerate her in connection with the business of that body
   5. no recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit her to be a manager of the body
   6. no recognised body or manager or employee of such body shall permit her to have an interest in the body

except in accordance with the SRA's prior permission

2. to the publication of this agreement
3. she will pay the costs of the investigation of £300.

Reasons/basis

4. Why a section 43 order is appropriate

4.1. The SRA's Enforcement Strategy and its guidance on how it regulates non-authorised persons, sets out its approach to using section 43 orders to control where a non-authorised person can work.

4.2. When considering whether a section 43 order is appropriate in this matter, the SRA has taken into account the admissions made by Ms Hall and the following mitigation which she has put forward:

1. she has demonstrated insight into her actions
2. she pleaded guilty at the first opportunity
3. she has no previous adverse regulatory history.

3. The SRA and Ms Hall agree that a section 43 order is appropriate because:

1. she is not a solicitor
2. her employment or renumeration at the Firm means that she was involved in a legal practice
3. she has been convicted of an offence which makes it undesirable for her to be involved in a legal practice.