Mohit
Chopra
Solicitor
400547
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 27 March 2024
Published date: 19 May 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Miramar Legal
Address(es): Ground Floor, 406B Hackney Road, London, E2 7AP
Firm ID: 510620
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr Chopra's practising certificate for 2023 / 2024 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Chopra is not the sole lawyer manager or sole lawyer owner of an authorised body.
- Mr Chopra may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Chopra may not practise on his own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Mr Chopra 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 - Prosecution
Outcome: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal order
Outcome date: 19 May 2022
Published date: 14 June 2023
Firm details
No detail provided:
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 20 May 2022, the SDT considered and approved an Agreed Outcome.
Mr. Chopra was fined £20,000.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.ukDecision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 26 March 2023
Published date: 26 April 2023
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Miramar Legal
Address(es): Ground Floor, 406B Hackney Road, London, E2 7AP
Firm ID: 510620
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Mezzle Limited
Address(es): 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AA
Firm ID: 818199
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr Chopra’s practising certificate for 2022/2023 is subject to the following conditions:
- He is not the sole lawyer manager or sole lawyer owner of an authorised body.
- He may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- He may not practise on his own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- He 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.