Shashi Gorsia

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

The Respondent, a solicitor admitted in 2004 and a director of Pindoria Solicitors Ltd, was convicted by the Dubai Court of First Instance (Criminal) on 23 January 2017 of attempted theft of two iPhone 7 mobile phones taken at Dubai Airport on 4 October 2016, sentenced to one month imprisonment and deportation; the conviction was upheld on appeal on 13 March 2017. He reported the conviction to the SRA. On an agreed outcome dealt with on the papers, the Tribunal found the admitted breaches of Principles 2 and 6 proved beyond reasonable doubt and struck him off the Roll. No express finding of dishonesty was made by the Tribunal (the allegations were framed as lack of integrity); a stray reference to 'the scale of the dishonesty' appeared in the parties' agreed statement but the Tribunal made no dishonesty finding. He was ordered to pay costs of £8,500.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Misconduct involved the commission of a criminal offence
• Misconduct in relation to the breaches was deliberate
• Respondent knew the conduct was in material breach of obligations to protect the public and the reputation of the profession
• Conduct was serious enough to justify a custodial sentence

Mitigating factors:

• Voluntarily notified the regulator of the facts giving rise to misconduct
• Previously clear regulatory history