Umar Rehman

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

Umar Rehman, an immigration solicitor at M&K Solicitors, misappropriated professional fees due to the Firm on at least 41 matters totalling £31,300 between June 2018 and June 2020 by receiving fees personally (into his bank account or in cash) while conducting cases outside the Firm's systems. He admitted the misconduct and dishonesty. The Tribunal, dealing with the matter on an agreed outcome, found no exceptional circumstances and ordered him struck off the Roll with costs of £6,350.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• Integrity
• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonest misconduct
• Deliberate and repeated misconduct
• Misconduct spanning two years
• Motivated by financial gain
• Breach of trust placed in him by the Firm

Mitigating factors:

• Early admissions, including to dishonesty
• Cooperation with the Firm and SRA investigation
• Newly qualified solicitor placed in charge of an office without supervision