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Kasturi Balasamy

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
DateThursday 13 February 2014
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

Kasturi Kesveren Balasamy, called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in July 1994, was found by a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal (decision 13 February 2014) to have engaged in conduct that was dishonest or otherwise discreditable to a barrister in that, on 21 May 2010, he was struck off the Roll of Advocates and Solicitors of the High Court of Malaysia for fraudulent and dishonest conduct. He also failed to report promptly to the Bar Standards Board that he had been struck off in Malaysia. He was disbarred.

Duties found breached:

Panel

His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/