Ghazala Sarwar

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

Ghazala Sarwar, an unadmitted person employed by Pannone & Partners as an assistant solicitor (Feb-Nov 2002), held herself out as a solicitor during recruitment and employment, falsely claimed a 2.1 degree (actually a third), and supplied a false Roll number. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and that her behaviour had not been honest. It made a Section 43 order controlling her future employment in the profession and ordered her to pay fixed costs of £2,012.13.

Duties found breached:

• No improper solicitation or touting

Aggravating factors:

• Held herself out as an admitted solicitor to employer and clients
• Provided a false Roll number
• Falsely claimed a 2.1 class degree when she had obtained a third

Mitigating factors:

• Was helpful and frank when contacted by the Applicant by telephone