The Respondent was the sole solicitor in the Firm’s Litigation Department acting on immigration matters. He was under the supervision of a Partner of the Firm.
On 24 March 2021, the Respondent self-reported his conduct to his supervising partner in respect of Client A, who was a client of the Firm. The Respondent reported that he had presented false information to Client A in respect of the progress of visa applications that he was retained to make on Client A’s behalf.

The Respondent was suspended by the Firm and the Respondent’s conduct was the subject of an internal investigation. The Firm submitted a final report to the SRA of its findings in respect of the Respondent on 24 February 2022. A Forensic Investigation Officer (FIO) employed by the SRA commenced a forensic investigation on 6 September 2022 and a Forensic Investigation Report (FIR) was produced dated 14 November 2023.

The FIR identified that the Respondent had provided misleading information to clients as to the status of their immigration cases and, caused his colleagues to provide misleading information to clients. In addition, The FIO noted that the Respondent had assisted in the production of documents, containing misleading information, that were provided to the Home Office as part of an immigration application.

The allegations against the Respondent arose out of the FIR. The Respondent did not attend the hearing, and the Tribunal granted the application that matters proceed in his absence.

All of the allegations were found proved against the Respondent.

The Tribunal ordered that the Respondent, be Struck off the Roll of Solicitors.