Mohammed Riaz

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Mohammed Arif Riaz, called to the Bar in October 2009, was found to have engaged in conduct discreditable to a barrister. He was convicted of recklessly shining a green laser pen at a police helicopter (8 months imprisonment), made a false declaration on his Call to the Bar by failing to disclose prior criminal convictions, and engaged before Call in dishonest conduct (handling stolen goods and shoplifting) that he did not fairly disclose to his Inn. The tribunal found dishonesty and disbarred him.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• No taking unfair advantage
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report