A Liverpool solicitor who failed to tell the Solicitors Regulation Authority about his bankruptcy and borrowed money from an elderly client has been banned from the profession.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also heard Alan Richard Birkbeck, a solicitor for 17 years, had misinformed police station officials when he wrongly told them he represented a client when appearing for a defendant.
Birkbeck was made bankrupt in January 2015 but during the same month joined Liverpool firm Healey Kenyon McAteer as a part-time consultant. He did not tell the firm of his financial situation, nor did he fulfil his obligation to inform the SRA within seven days of being declared bankrupt. He was suspended by the firm in June 2015 after the SRA be…
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