Decision record
Tariq Rehman
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
Appealappeal dismissed
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionSuspension
Suspension2 months
Dishonesty foundNo
Tariq Rehman, called to the Bar in 2000, was found by a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal on 3 October 2014 to have breached paragraph 301(a)(iii) of the Bar's Code of Conduct. In a telephone conversation on 14 November 2011 he alleged a solicitor had forged the date on a section 21 Housing Act 1988 notice without having reasonably credible material establishing a prima facie case of fraud. He was suspended for 2 months.
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