A senior lawyer who claimed to work up to 23 hours a day to fool her firm into thinking she was hitting targets has been struck off - using the ruse to pocket bonuses and earn a promotion.
Natasha Janet Dionne Fairs, 47, faked timesheets by claiming marathon working sessions while working at leading law firm Irwin Mitchell.
The solicitor’s deception stretched for at least three years, helping the experienced personal injury lawyer land a coveted promotion, a tribunal was told.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal described Fairs’ behaviour as ‘deliberate, calculated and sustained over a significant period of time’.
Colleagues at Irwin Mitchell’s serious injury team raised the alarm in May 2023, triggering a review that found her claimed hours were ‘significantly in excess of what would be expected for a normal working day’.
