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discipline 4 October 2026
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Mei Leong

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

Mei Leong, an unregistered barrister of Lincoln's Inn, was found by a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal to have committed three charges of professional misconduct. While practising as an Advocate and Solicitor in Malaysia in around January 2014, he dishonestly failed to release RM87,710 of a client's sale proceeds, and was struck off the Malaysian Roll on 14 April 2017 following a Disciplinary Committee finding of dishonesty. He also failed to report the disciplinary action and his serious misconduct to the BSB. All three charges were proved to the criminal standard in his absence, with an express finding of dishonesty. He was disbarred.

Duties found breached:

Panel

Her Honour Penny Cushing (Chair); Mr David Crompton; Ms Siobhan Heron

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/