Mohammed Riaz

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

Mohammed Arif Riaz, called to the Bar by Middle Temple in October 2009, faced a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal on 7 October 2013. He was convicted on a guilty plea at Birmingham Crown Court of recklessly endangering a West Midlands Police helicopter by shining a green laser pen at its cockpit (sentenced to 8 months imprisonment). He also made a false declaration on his Call to the Bar by failing to disclose prior convictions for two counts of handling stolen goods and theft (shoplifting). The Tribunal found he had engaged before Call in dishonest conduct (dishonestly receiving stolen goods) not fairly disclosed to the Benchers. He was disbarred.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• No improper communication with the court
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues