Rabi Sukul

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

Rabi Sukul, called to the Bar in July 1988, faced a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal on 24 November 2014. Charge 1: on or before 15 March 2012 he created a false 'application to Appeal against conviction' document, knowing it was false, intending to mislead his former client L into believing he had grounds to appeal when he knew there were none. Charge 2: between 1 March and 19 October 2012 he recklessly misled the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) by causing/allowing/inducing the court to believe the application was a true document with genuine grounds of appeal, when he knew there were none, and failed to notify the court. He was disbarred on Charge 1 and suspended for 9 months on Charge 2. Decision open to appeal. The tribunal characterised Charge 2 conduct as 'reckless' rather than making an express finding of dishonesty.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead the court
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues