(unnamed respondent)

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

Auran Khattak, struck off in 2012 for serious accounts rules breaches, failure to supervise, misuse of client money and a false/misleading letter (no dishonesty found), applied for restoration to the Roll after more than 10 years. The Tribunal found no findings of dishonesty, accepted evidence of significant rehabilitation, adequate future supervision and appropriate references, and concluded restoration would not harm the reputation of the profession. The application was granted subject to indefinite conditions protecting the public (no sole practice, no client money, no conveyancing, no compliance officer roles, SRA-approved employment only). Costs of £2,002 were ordered against the applicant.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Original misconduct was very serious involving gross dereliction of duty as partner and trustee
• Under his supervision disgraceful events took place, including mortgage transactions paying money to fictitious sellers' solicitors and large sums of client money going missing
• Short period of SRA-approved employment; concern about limited rehabilitation
• Unpaid original costs of £43,897.78 due to bankruptcy

Mitigating factors:

• Over 10 years elapsed since strike-off; application not premature
• No findings of dishonesty in original matter
• Evidence of rehabilitation to his credit
• Sustained legal work in unregulated environment and positive references from legal professionals
• Undertook numerous training courses to update knowledge
• Qualified barrister holding current practising certificate, accepted by Bar Council as fit and proper
• Offer of employment with adequate supervision and safeguards
• Willingness to accept restrictive conditions

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]