Joanne
Sagar
Employee
830222
Decision - Employee-related decision
Outcome: Approval of employment (section 43)
Outcome date: 27 June 2022
Published date: 11 July 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Howard & Co
Address(es): Victoria Rd, Barnsley, S70 2BB
Firm ID: 051460
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
IN THE MATTER OF: Joanne Sagar of Barnsley, Yorkshire
A person who is or was involved in a legal practice but is not a solicitor
The facts
Joanne Sagar was previously employed by Howard & Co (the firm), which is a recognised body whose head office is at 4 Victoria Road, Barnsley, S70 2BB.
It was found that between 21 January 2020 and 24 December 2020 Ms Sagar misappropriated £11,746.70 from the firm. Ms Sagar's actions were found to be dishonest.
Finding
Ms Sagar, who is not a solicitor, 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 Ms Sagar 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 permission.
Ms Sagar was ordered to pay the SRA's costs of £600.