By John Hyde2020-12-14T11:07:00+00:00
A solicitor who was dishonest about her disciplinary record when she joined her new firm has been struck off the roll.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard that Catherine Jane Limbert (also known as Williamson) had been under investigation by the SRA for more than six months when she completed a new employee questionnaire upon joining Brighton firm Cognitive Law in March 2016.
Asked specifically whether she had been the subject of any investigation by her regulator – for consideration by the firm’s indemnity insurers – she answered ‘no’. She knew this answer to be untrue, having sent a partial copy of a file to the SRA as recently as two days previously. Limbert, a solicitor since 1995, ultimately entered a regulatory settlement agreement over the ongoing matter with the SRA in June 2016.