Sonia
Hunjan
Solicitor
258478
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 27 April 2023
Published date: 20 June 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Rana Legal Ltd
Address(es): 839 High Road, Goodmayes, Ilford, IG3 8TG, England
Firm ID: 565637
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sonia Hunjan’s practising certificate for 2022/2023 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mrs Hunjan may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body or authorised non SRA firm.
- Subject to condition 1, Mrs Hunjan may act as a solicitor only as an employee and only where that employment has first been approved by the SRA.
- Mrs Hunjan may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or head of legal practice (HOLP) or head of finance and administration (HOFA) for any authorised nonSRA firm.
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: 27 April 2022
Published date: 10 June 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Rana Legal Ltd
Address(es): 839 High Road, Goodmayes, IlfordI G3 8TG
Firm ID: 565637
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sonia Hunjan’s practising certificate for 2021/2022 has been granted subject to the following conditions:
- Mrs Hunjan may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- Subject to the condition above, Mrs Hunjan may act as a solicitor, only as an employee where the role has first been approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
- Mrs Hunjan may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or head of legal practice (HOLP) or head of finance and administration (HOFA) for any authorised non-SRA firm.
In these conditions the terms 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 - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 25 May 2021
Published date: 10 February 2022
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Rana Legal Ltd
Address(es): 839 High Road, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex IG3 8TG
Firm ID: 565637
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 5 December 2022 the SDT considered and approved an Agreed Outcome.
1. Ms Hunjan was fined £15,000. It was further ordered that Ms Hunjan:
1.1 Shall be subject to conditions imposed indefinitely by the Tribunal as follows:
2.1. The Respondent may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm;
2.2. Subject to the condition above the Respondent may act as a solicitor only as an employee where the role has first been approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority;
2.3. The Respondent may not act as a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) or Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA) for any authorised body or Head of Legal Practice (HOLP) or Head of Finance and Administration (HOFA) for any authorised non-SRA firm.
There be liberty for either party to apply to the Tribunal to vary the conditions set out at paragraph 2 above.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 17 May 2021
Published date: 30 June 2021
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Rana Legal Ltd
Address(es): 839 High Road, Goodmayes, Ilford, IG3 8TG
Firm ID: 565637
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sonia Hunjan’s practising certificate for 2020/2021 has been granted subject to the following conditions:
- Mrs Hunjan may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- Subject to the condition above, Mrs Hunjan may act as a solicitor, only as an employee where the role has first been approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
- Mrs Hunjan may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or head of legal practice (HOLP) or head of finance and administration (HOFA) for any authorised non-SRA firm.
In these conditions the terms 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.