Nasar Hussain

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

The Respondent, a solicitor representing himself in a personal injury claim, failed to ensure his prior shoulder injury (a stair fall) was accurately disclosed in an expert medical report and witness statement. The Tribunal found breaches of Principles 1, 2 and 5 and paragraph 1.4 of the Code, finding his October 2020 witness statement misleading. However, the dishonesty allegation (Principle 4) was dismissed as not meeting the high threshold under Ivey, distinguishing the civil court's fundamental dishonesty finding which related to the account of injuries rather than pre-existing injuries. The Tribunal imposed a 4-month suspension, suspended for 2 years, and ordered costs of £15,000 (reduced from £30,025 claimed).

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• Not mislead the court
• Serve justice and improve the law
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Continued period of inaccuracy lasting approximately six months
• Potential risk of harm by misleading the court
• Inaccuracy only corrected by defence solicitors and court, not the Respondent

Mitigating factors:

• 23-year unblemished career
• Self-reporting to the SRA
• Cooperation with the regulator
• Insight and remorse
• Single, isolated episode with no repetition
• Provided GP notes/medical records to the defence
• Positive character references

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]