Timothy Thomas
Lawyer manager
7022319

Decision - Sanction

Outcome: Rebuke

Outcome date: 1 August 2025

Published date: 26 March 2026

Firm details

Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Richardson Lissack Limited

Address(es): 48-54 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6EJ

Firm ID: 645368

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Who does this decision relate to?

Timothy Thomas whose address is Richardson Lissack Limited 48-54 Moorgate, London EC2R 6EJ.

Timothy Thomas is a person who is or was involved in a legal practice but is not a solicitor.

Summary of decision

We have issued Timothy Thomas with a rebuke for a breach of Principle 2 of the SRA Principles.

Reasons/basis

The facts of the case

Mr Thomas was a director of Richardson Lissack Limited, the recognised body for the purposes of providing legal services, as a barrister in 2023. Mr Thomas is still employed in this role.

On 7 February 2023 Mr Thomas wrote a letter on behalf of a client which contained content which did not uphold public trust and confidence in the solicitors' profession and in legal services provided by authorised persons.

Decision on outcome

It was decided that a rebuke was an appropriate and proportionate sanction.

Mr Thomas was issued with a written rebuke and ordered to pay costs of £1,350.

A more serious sanction was not considered to be proportionate by reference to the following factors in the Enforcement Strategy:

• there was no lasting significant harm to consumers or third parties
• there is low risk of repetition and
• some public sanction was required to uphold public confidence in the delivery of legal services

SRA Standards and Regulations

SRA Principles 2019

Principle 2 You act in a way that upholds public trust and confidence in the solicitors' profession and in legal services provided by authorised persons.