Nasar Hussain

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

Nasar Hussain, a solicitor and sole director of Regal Solicitors (NW) Limited, while representing himself in a personal injury claim arising from a 2019 road traffic accident, failed to disclose information about a prior shoulder injury from a December 2018 stair fall that was relevant to the expert report and the issue being litigated. The Tribunal found two breaches of his ongoing duty of disclosure between July 2020 and April 2021: failing to correct Dr Tanvir's addendum report (26 August 2020) and submitting a misleading witness statement (29 October 2020) asserting injuries were wholly attributable to the index accident. The Tribunal found breaches of SRA Principles 1, 2 and 5 and paragraph 1.4 of the Code, but expressly dismissed the dishonesty allegation (Principle 4) 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. No finding of recklessness was made due to insufficient pleading. He was suspended for 4 months, suspended for 2 years, and ordered to pay £15,000 costs.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
• Integrity
• Serve justice and improve the law
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Continued period of inaccuracy lasting approximately six months
• Inaccuracy only corrected by the defence solicitors and the court rather than by the Respondent
• Misleading the court is inherently serious

Mitigating factors:

• 23-year unblemished career
• Self-reported to the SRA
• Cooperation with the regulator
• Genuine remorse
• Isolated/single episode of misconduct occurring five years prior
• Positive character references
• Provided GP notes to the defence