Disciplinary Record
Christopher James Hawkes
Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Decision - Prosecution Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ...
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 8 November 2023
Published date: 23 April 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Clarke Wilmott LLP
Address(es): Burlington House, Grange Drive, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 2AF
Firm ID: 510689
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which will reach its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Solicitor. The Tribunal has certified that there is a case to answer in respect of allegations which are or include that :-
On 14 September 2022 he removed an email received from Client A dated 26 May 2022 from the Firm’s Document Management System to conceal that he had received it and
Between 15 and 16 September 2022 he sent emails to Client A and his Supervising Partner at the Firm denying that he had received the email from Client A dated 26 May 2022.
The allegations are subject to a Hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) records last published to this site at 6:40am on 08 February 2025. Originally published on the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) website.