Decision record
Rajesh Babajee
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Middle Temple
DateThursday 16 February 2017
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes
Rajesh Babajee, an unregistered barrister also admitted as a solicitor, dishonestly misappropriated £45,000 in client monies relating to a 2009 conveyancing transaction, for which he was struck off the Roll of Solicitors in April 2016. He also failed to respond to BSB correspondence in June 2016. The disciplinary tribunal found dishonesty 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)
Duties engaged
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Documents
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