Decision -
employee-related decision
Outcome:
Approval of employment (section 43)
Outcome date:
11 January 2018
Published date:
12 February 2018
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name:
Lawson Taylor Solicitors Limited
Address(es):
LT House, Capricorn Park, Blakewater Road, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 5QR
Firm ID:
613890
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Nooryana Zaheer who is or was involved in a legal practice (as defined by section 43(1A) of the Solicitors Act 1974) but is not a solicitor, has occasioned or been a party to, with or without the connivance of a solicitor, an act or default in relation to a legal practice which involved conduct on her part of such a nature that in the opinion of the Society it would be undesirable for her to be involved in a legal practice in all the ways set out below:
Order
To make a section 43 order that with effect from 11 January 2018:
- no solicitor shall employ or remunderate her in connection with his/her practice as a solicitor;
- no employee of a solicitor shall employ or remunderate her in connection with a solicitor's practice;
- no recognised body shall employ or remunerate her;
- no manager or employee of a recognised body shall employ or remunerate her in connection with the business of that body;
- no recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit her to be a manager of the body; and
- no recognised body or manager or employee of such a body shall permit her to have an interest in the body
except in accordance with a Society permission.
Reasons/basis
Nooryana Zaheer was employed as a paralegal for Lawson Taylor Solicitors Limited from 26 February 2015 until 2 November 2016. She was found to have amended a medical report to assist her client in achieving a quick settlement. When challenged about the report, she withdrew her client's claim without his consent. Her conduct was found to be dishonest.
Other information
Nooryana Zaheer's contract was terminated on 2 November 2016. She is currently not employed in legal services.