Francis Mathew
SRA-regulated solicitor
- Authorisation
- Admitted on 01/07/2004. Annual practising certificate from 01/11/2023.
- Type of lawyer
- Solicitor
- Regulator
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- SRA number
- 402183
- Regulatory record
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DECISION HISTORY
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Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 30 October 2023
Published date: 1 May 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Law and Lawyers Ltd
Address(es): 352 High Street North, London NE12 6PH
Firm ID: 613159
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
Outcome of SDT Hearing
This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which reaches its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Respondent. The Tribunal had certified that there was a case to answer.
The matter was heard on 9 October 2024.
Mr. Mathew was fined £25,000.
The Tribunal further ordered that Mr Mathew shall be subject to conditions imposed indefinitely as follows:
Mr Mathew may not:
Be a Head of Legal Practice/Compliance Officer for Legal Practice or a Head of Finance and Administration/Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration/Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Money Laundering Compliance Officer without permission of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk