Umar Rehman

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

Umar Rehman, a solicitor at M&K Solicitors, admitted misappropriating professional fees totalling £31,300 due on at least 41 immigration matters between June 2018 and June 2020 by receiving fees personally that should have been paid to the Firm. The Tribunal found his admissions, including dishonest appropriation of money, were properly made and found no exceptional circumstances. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £6,350.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonest appropriation of client/firm money on at least forty-one occasions
• Conduct spanned a protracted period of approximately two years (June 2018 to June 2020)