Natarajan Balachandran

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

Natarajan Balachandran, an unregistered barrister, was the subject of disciplinary proceedings before a Disciplinary Tribunal which proceeded in his absence after the BSB demonstrated unsuccessful attempts to contact him. The case concerned USD 150,000 paid to him by a client for the purpose of obtaining a USD 3,000,000 loan, which he failed to obtain and failed to return. The Tribunal expressly found that the Respondent was dishonest in failing to return the money and found him guilty of charges 1, 2 and 3. A significant amount of money was lost to the complainant.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Significant amount of money lost to the complainant