Raja Shazad
Khan
Solicitor
023819
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal order
Outcome date: 3 May 2022
Published date: 6 July 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Justice Solicitors Ltd
Address(es): 3 Abbey Street, Accrington BB5 1EN
Firm ID: 628577
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
Outcome of SDT Hearing
This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which reaches its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Respondent. The Tribunal had certified that there was a case to answer.
On 4 May 2022 the SDT considered and approved an Agreed Outcome.
Mr Khan was suspended from practice as a solicitor for the period of 12 months to commence on the 4th day of May 2022. Upon the expiry of the fixed term of suspension referred to above, Mr Khan shall be subject to conditions imposed by the Tribunal indefinitely as follows:
Mr Khan may not:
- Be a manager or owner of an authorised body.
- Practise on his own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Act as a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) or Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA) or Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), or Money Laundering Compliance Officer (MLCO), or Head of Legal Practice (HOLP), or Head of Finance and Administration (HOFA) for any authorised body.
- 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.
- There be liberty to either party to apply to the Tribunal to vary the conditions set out above.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk