Decision record
Mohammed Abu Sufian
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Gray's Inn
Hearing5 Person Tribunal
AppealAdjourned - Part Heard
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo
The extract is limited to the charge sheet for barrister Mohammed Abu Sufian (called to the Bar by Gray's Inn), setting out alleged breaches of various Core Duties and Handbook rules including duty to the court, honesty/integrity, public trust, independence, and wasting the court's time. No tribunal findings, determination of dishonesty, or sanction are contained in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); Mr Yusuf Solley; Mr Alexander Horne; Ms Claire Cheetham; Ms Helen Norris
Duties engaged
- Overriding duty to the court
- Not mislead the court
- Disclose adverse law to the court
- No abuse of process or coercive powers
- Avoid wasting the court's time
- Proper basis for allegations
- No improper communication with the court
- No tampering with or coaching witnesses
- No payments to witnesses on evidence
- Comply with and respect court orders
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Professional independence
- Not mislead third parties or opponents
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Fair, reasonable and lawful fees
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/