Pravin Jugdaohsingh

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

The Respondent, a solicitor at RHJ Devonshire Limited, signed a statement of costs (form N260) on 4 December 2019 to be filed with the Business and Property Court which he knew included a claim for time he had not worked (he presented Ms Khosla's work as his own Grade A fees). He then gave untruthful evidence to an arbitrator on 18 October 2021 about his involvement, claiming he had personally done 16 hours of work. He admitted the allegations, including dishonesty. The Tribunal found dishonesty was established and that strike off was the only appropriate sanction, with no exceptional circumstances. The matter was dealt with by Agreed Outcome. He was struck off and ordered to pay agreed costs of £10,650.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Untruthful and material statements made to the High Court and to an Arbitrator
• Conduct involved dishonesty to officers of the court and tribunal
• Potential detriment to the Bank and KTS Legal Ltd

Mitigating factors:

• Full admissions made (albeit at a late stage)
• Full and frank co-operation with the SRA investigation
• No greed or desire for additional profit and no evidence of actual loss (non-agreed mitigation)
• Two isolated incidents against otherwise unblemished good character (non-agreed mitigation)
• Context of difficult litigation with KTS Legal Ltd and personal exhaustion / difficult family life (non-agreed mitigation)