A solicitor who lost a briefcase of sensitive documents relating to an ongoing Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) case and then lied about having them at her house has lost her license to practice law.

According to a judgement decision published in March 2020 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Claire Matthews, a solicitor in the clinical law team at Capsticks, covered up the fact that she had left the briefcase on a train in May 2018.