Mohammed Ekramul Hoque Mazumder; Naser Khan; Salauddin Khan

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

Three respondents arising from conduct at Heans Solicitors Limited concerning judicial review claims. First Respondent Mr Mazumder (owner/manager) admitted failure to supervise and have effective systems (1.1) and was found to have submitted false/misleading witness statements to the High Court (1.2.1, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.3), with the Tribunal finding his conduct dishonest. Some sub-allegations (1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2) were found not proved. He was struck off the Roll. Second Respondent Mr N Khan was found to have signed a contract with supervisory responsibilities beyond his competence and to have misused client money (requested payment to personal account and retained £160); fined £10,000 reduced by 50% to £5,000 having considered his means. Third Respondent Mr S Khan (unadmitted) was found to have signed a witness statement he failed to read (5.1.2), but the Tribunal did NOT find lack of integrity or dishonesty; allegations 5.1.1 and 5.2 not proved. No Order was made against Mr S Khan.

Duties found breached:

• Honour professional undertakings
• No improper use of client money
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
• Proper basis for allegations