Babatunde
Ojo
Solicitor
548116
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 24 October 2022
Published date: 30 November 2022
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr Babatunde Ojo’s practising certificate for 2021/2022 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Ojo shall not act as a manager or owner of any authorised body.
- Subject to condition 1, Mr Ojo may act as a solicitor, only as an employee where the role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Ojo may not practise on his own account under Regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Mr Ojo may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Ojo does not hold, receive, or have access to client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account, or have the power to authorise electronic 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 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: 16 July 2021
Published date: 10 February 2022
Firm details
No detail provided:
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
Before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the SDT”) on 8 December 2022, the SDT heard an application by the SRA for an order that proceedings into the allegations against the Respondent contained in the SRA’s Rule 12 Statement be stayed indefinitely.
The SDT granted the application by ordering that the Allegations be stayed and either party shall have liberty to apply.