Decision record
Kasturi Balasamy
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
DateThursday 13 February 2014
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes
Kasturi Kesveren Balasamy was struck off the Roll of Advocates and Solicitors of the High Court of Malaysia on 21 May 2010 for fraudulent and dishonest conduct, and failed to report this promptly to the Bar Standards Board. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found breaches of paragraphs 301(a)(i) and 905(b)(v) of the Code of Conduct and disbarred him.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/