Sarah Louise Eley
Solicitor
541171

Decision - Prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Outcome date: 15 August 2025

Published date: 12 February 2026

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Nelsons Solicitors Limited

Address(es): Sterne House, Lodge Lane, Derby DE1 3WD

Firm ID: 541759

Firm or organisation at date of publication

Name: Warwickshire County Council

Address(es): Warwickshire Legal Services, Shire Hall, Warwick CV34 4RL

Firm ID: 065428

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Reasons/basis

This notification relates to a Decision to lodge Disciplinary Proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which will reach its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Solicitor. The Tribunal has certified that there is a case to answer in respect of allegations which are or include that:-

1. On 27 January 2023, Ms Eley knowingly provided false and misleading information to her supervisor in an email, by giving an impression that documents for checking by her supervisor had not been sent to a client, despite knowing that the documents had already been sent to the client.

2. Between 4 and 5 May 2023, Ms Eley knowingly provided false and misleading information by:

2.1 Telling her supervisor on 4 May 2023 that she had spent that day working on marketing blogs when this was untrue; and/or

2.2 Submitting a false timesheet entry on the Firm’s case management system; and/or

2.3 Creating and backdating documents to give the misleading impression that they had been created on 4 May 2023 when they had not.

The allegations are subject to a Hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and are as yet unproven.