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discipline 3 October 2026
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Soma Sengupta

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Middle Temple
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

Soma Sengupta was convicted on 15 February 2013 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York of multiple offences of dishonesty, including conspiracy, criminal possession of a forged instrument and offering a false instrument for filing, and was sentenced to 5 years' probation plus fines. She was disbarred in New York on 8 June 2013. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found breaches of paragraphs 301(a)(i) and 301(a)(iii) of the Code of Conduct and disbarred her.

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/