Rajesh Babajee
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Middle Temple
DateThursday 16 February 2017
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes
Rajesh Babajee, an unregistered barrister also admitted as a solicitor, dishonestly misappropriated £45,000 of client monies in a 2009 conveyancing transaction (sale of 122 C Street), for which he had been struck off the Roll of Solicitors on 20 April 2016. He also failed to respond promptly to BSB requests for information (a letter of 9 June 2016 and email of 27 June 2016). The tribunal disbarred him.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
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Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/