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discipline 3 October 2026
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Chukwuma Emele

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

Chukwuma Emele engaged in conduct before Call that was dishonest or discreditable, namely running Credo Law Office in a manner the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found misconduct on 25 April 2012, and failed to disclose this to the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn. He falsely declared in his Admission Declaration of 1 February 2010 that he was aware of no matter calling into question his fitness. He had also been convicted of misconduct by the SDT under the rules of an approved regulator. The Disciplinary Tribunal disbarred him.

Duties found breached:

Panel

His Honour Christopher Critchlow (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2026-06-30 · BTAS · England & Wales
  • 10441/2010 2010-01-01 · SDT · England & Wales · S.43 Order (clerks)

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/