Tariq Rehman

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

Tariq Rehman, a self-employed barrister, received three sums (£2007.62, £164.40 and £136.80 including VAT) on or about 12 April 2012 for work done by other barristers and failed to pay those amounts forthwith, compounded by his failure to respond to the clerk's communications between May and December 2012. A 3-person Disciplinary Tribunal found the breaches of paragraph 406.1 of the Code proven and imposed 2 months' suspension on each charge to run concurrently. No express finding of dishonesty.

Duties found breached:

• Prompt accounting and return of money
• Honour professional undertakings

Aggravating factors:

• Failure to respond adequately or at all to telephone calls, emails and a letter from the barrister's clerk between May 2012 and December 2012