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Para 65 of the judgment:

The Third Respondent made the following submissions in mitigation:-
 Since 2014 she had not worked in the profession in any capacity and no intention
to work in it again;
 She was now Self-employed, having lost jobs in 2016 and 2017 due to these
proceedings;
 Her income was low and was below the tax threshold;
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 She had come forward and made the report to the SRA voluntarily; she was the
only member of staff at the Firm who had done so;
 She had co-operated with the investigation;
 All her misconduct had been under the instruction of the Second Respondent and
while she was a trainee;
 The First and Second Respondents, unlike her, had been able to continue
practising after she left the Firm and made the report to the SRA;
 The Third Respondent accepted that clients had been affected, but submitted that
they had then protected when she made her report;
 The Third Respondent was on medication during final year of her training
contract;
 This case had had a big impact on her life for over four years.