Date
7 December 2023
Charges
Zsuzsanna Deak, a CILEx Paralegal Member (ACILEX), admits the following allegations of professional misconduct:
Allegations
Failing to maintain high standards of professional and personal conduct and justify public trust in her, her profession and the provision and the provision of legal services by engaging in conduct that could undermine or affect adversely the confidence and trust place in her by her client, employer, professional colleagues, the public and others. Contrary to Principle 2, Outcome 2.2. of the CILEx Code of Conduct.
Failing to behave with honesty and integrity. Contrary to Principle 3, Outcomes 3.1 and 3.2 of the CILEx Code of Conduct.
Failing to comply with her legal and regulatory obligations and deal with her regulator openly, promptly and co-operatively. Contrary to Principle 4, Outcomes 4.1 and 4.2 of the CILEx Code of Conduct.
In that on the 18th January 2022, whilst sitting a Level 6 Unit 9 Land Law examination online, she breached Exam Conditions by conducting Microsoft Bing searches of the words “treasure trove”, ‘executive lounge”, “degree of annexation” and “degree of annexation and degree of attachment tests”. This breach was a significant violation of the Examination Regulations with the most appropriate sanction being to declare her assessment result void.
Outcome – DBC
CILEx Regulation accepted the admission and agreed a Determination by Consent with Craig Johnson with the following sanction(s).
Sanction – Exclusion (fixed period)
The sanction was approved by the Professional Conduct Panel, in accordance with Rule 18(3) ER Zsuzsanna Deak was excluded from CILEx membership for 11 months, after which time she will be entitled to reapply for reinstatement to CILEX membership. She will not be entitled to automatic reinstatement.”
