Md Mohiuddin Hossain

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

Mr Hossain signed a lease declaration on or around 18 May 2017 confirming he had witnessed Mr Ali sign the document in his presence, when in fact Mr Ali was not present. The Tribunal found the allegation proved, including breaches of Principles 2 and 6 and an express finding of dishonesty under the Ivey test. Finding no exceptional circumstances per Sharma/James, the Tribunal struck him off the Roll and, having regard to his means, ordered costs of £1,800 (reduced from the £23,550 applied for / assessed at £20,850).

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• Misconduct was deliberate
• Vulnerability of others due to lack of literacy
• Respondent ought to have known he was in material breach of professional obligations

Mitigating factors:

• Single episode of brief duration
• Otherwise unblemished career / clean record
• Co-operated with the SRA (though admissions less than open and frank)