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Post with Quote: Solicitor who misled employment

Asolicitor who misled an employment tribunal about ‘IT issues’ has lost her anonymity and been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Alison Clare Banerjee, 60, specialised in employment law at Peterborough firm Hunt and Coombs, where she acted in the employment tribunal for an individual identified as Client A.

An application to amend Client A’s claim was made and

Banerjee, admitted in 2010, claimed IT issues had prevented her from receiving an email from Capsticks setting out the defendant’s position and a draft list of issues until ‘shortly before’ the hearing. Capsticks made an application for wasted costs, which Banerjee did not oppose.