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.