Umran Nasser-Puri

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

The Respondent, a former solicitor, was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, having dishonestly failed to disclose a prior conviction and previous enrolment on his QLTT application, which enabled his admission to the Roll. The Tribunal found the conviction arose from dishonesty and held it had jurisdiction. It refused an adjournment application. The Tribunal ordered that his name be prohibited from restoration to the Roll except by Order of the Tribunal, and ordered him to pay costs of £1,103.70, not to be enforced without leave of the Tribunal.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty directly linked to securing admission to the Roll
• Conviction upheld on appeal; offence described as striking at the heart of the legal system, deceiving the Law Society and lay clients

Mitigating factors:

• No member of the public suffered loss and no client complaints
• Employer aware of the 1999 conviction
• Respondent had family and legal work was his only livelihood
• Matter had been hanging over the Respondent for a considerable period