Solicitor struck off after deceiving client for 16 years

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Saturday May 18 2024

A solicitor who strung a client along for 16 years with false progress reports on a repetitive stress injury claim has been struck off.

Nicholas Giles Collins was working at a prominent national law firm throughout the long-running swindle as he went to "elaborate" and "sophisticated" lengths to deceive the female client.

Collins, a nearly 30-year veteran of the solicitors' profession, was ultimately exposed only when a government minister intervened in the mystery. But his deceit — which regulators said had not been for financial gain — had ultimately deprived the woman of any chance of obtaining compensation.

A disciplinary tribunal related that Collins was first instructed in 2004 by a former employee of the Inland Revenue to make personal injury claim as part of