Hashok Parmar

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

Hashok Parmar, a sole practitioner solicitor, was convicted on indictment of two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud and one count of conspiracy to convert criminal property arising from sophisticated property frauds using false/stolen identities, and was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. The Tribunal found allegations 1.1, 1.2 and dishonesty proved (the convictions being conclusive proof of the underlying facts), finding breaches of Principles 2 and 6 and an express finding of dishonesty applying the Ivey test. No mitigating factors were identified and no exceptional circumstances existed to avoid strike-off. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £3,600. There was one previous Tribunal finding (2017) resulting in an 18-month suspension and conditions.

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty
• Conduct was deliberate, planned, repeated and continued over a period of time
• Abuse of position
• Concealment of wrongdoing
• Gross breach of trust by an experienced solicitor
• Serious harm to an individual and potential harm to others
• Contested the matter at trial and made no admissions