A self-confessed “cowardly” solicitor who lied to a client for more than 10 years after her medical negligence claim was thrown out has been struck off.

In an extraordinary email to the client and her daughter, David James Chalcraft described his behaviour as “disgusting and disgraceful” but said he was “too cowardly” to tell them that he missed the deadline for filing a medical report.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) heard that Mr Chalcraft settled another medical negligence claim without contacting the client involved, and for almost four years afterwards gave “deliberately misleading information that suggested the matter remained live”.

In the email to Client A and her daughter in January 2023, Mr Chalcroft, a salaried partner at former north London firm Alexander & Partne

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