MAUDE, Eileen

 

Date

5 April 2007

 

Charge

The charge against Eileen Maude of Bradford was that she engaged in conduct unbecoming to ILEX or likely to bring ILEX or its members into disrepute, conducted herself in a manner as to cast doubt on her professional integrity and in a manner that the interest of the client were not paramount to her at all times contrary to the ILEX Code of Conduct.

 

The particulars to this charge were:

 

Mrs Maude misrepresented to her client in a conveyancing transaction that she was purchasing the property whereas she was not; she misrepresented to the solicitors acting for the lender the value for which the property was being sold; she produced a completion statement for her client which misrepresented to the client the value for which the property was being sold; and she destroyed files belonging to her employers without their consent.

 

Outcome    

The charge was found proved.

 

Penalty

The Tribunal decided that Mrs Maude should be excluded from membership of ILEX for a minimum period of 12 months and that she should pay costs of £1,520 plus VAT to ILEX.