Adiel
Chowdhry
Solicitor
532283
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 19 March 2024
Published date: 29 April 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Crimson Phoenix Solicitors Ltd
Address(es): Unit 2.21 Barking Enterprise Centre 50 Cambridge Road Barking IG11 8FG England
Firm ID: 8001338
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Chowdhry’s practising certificate for 2023 / 2024 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Chowdhry is not a manager or owner of any authorised body.
- Subject to the condition above, Mr Chowdhry may act as a solicitor, only as an employee and only where the role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Chowdhry may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Chowdhry does not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest. They are reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 11 August 2023
Published date: 21 August 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Crimson Phoenix Solicitors Ltd
Address(es): Unit 2.21 Barking Enterprise Centre, 50 Cambridge Road, Barking IG11 8FG
Firm ID: 8001338
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
- Mr Chowdhry is not a manager or owner of any authorised body.
- Subject to the condition above, Mr Chowdhry may act as a solicitor, only as an employee where the role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Chowdhry may not act as a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) or a Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Chowdhry does not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account .
- Mr Chowdhry may not provide legal services as a freelance solicitor offering reserved or unreserved services on his own account under Regulation 10.2(a) and (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
- In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary. In these conditions the definitions are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest and reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in Regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
Decision - Closure
Outcome: Intervention
Outcome date: 5 April 2023
Published date: 11 April 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Crimson Phoenix Solicitors Ltd
Address(es): Unit 2.21 Barking Enterprise Estate, 50 Cambridge Road, Barking, IG11 8FG
Firm ID: 8001338
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
To intervene into the practice of Adiel Chowdhry at Crimson Phoenix Solicitors Ltd
Reasons/basis
- There is reason to suspect dishonesty on Mr Chowdhry’s part in connection with his practice as a solicitor (paragraph 1(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 – Part I to the Solicitors Act 1974).
- Mr Chowdhry has failed to comply with rules (paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 1 – Part I to the Solicitors Act 1974).
Intervening agents
Chris Evans of Lester Aldridge, Russell House, Oxford Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EX has been appointed as the intervening agent.
For enquiries please call 01202 786341 or email Intervention.Enquiries@LA-Law.com