Noemaan Farooq Butt

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

This was an application by Noemaan Farooq Butt (struck off 19 February 2015) to restore his name to the Roll of Solicitors. The Law Society objected. The Applicant sought to withdraw his application; the Law Society disputed competency of withdrawal and sought expenses. The Tribunal held that the Applicant's right to withdraw, while subject to the overriding objective (Rule 4), was permitted. The Tribunal concluded it did not have power, in general, to award expenses in Applications for Restoration (the 1980 Act Schedule 4 being silent on this, with amendment to come under the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025). It therefore allowed the withdrawal and refused the motion for expenses. No findings of misconduct or dishonesty were made; this was a procedural decision on a restoration application.