When questioned, he claimed he had “created a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice.”

A client was deceived by a Solicitor without a practicing certificate, who accepted money to pursue an appeal and then did not complete the work. Gavin Clarke’s behavior was described as “fundamentally incompatible’ with continued membership of the profession by the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal and he has now been struck off.

A Solicitor submitted identical timesheets to two different firms. Belinda Sarkodie was employed full time at the law firm Muve. While working as a locum for two more firms, Wright & Lord Solicitors Limited and Property Legal (Manchester) Limited. She submitted timesheets claiming payment for the same hours from both firms, misleading them between 29 June 2021 and 16 July 2021.