(unnamed respondent)

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

Majed Iqbal, struck off in 2014 following his conviction for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice (the 2014 Tribunal having found a complete lack of integrity), applied in 2023 for restoration to the Roll. The Tribunal recognised his personal rehabilitation but found the misconduct of the utmost gravity, noted he had failed to provide detailed evidence of substantial legal employment, had undertaken only inadequate training (a single 6-hour course), and that a proposed in-house role would leave him unsupervised as sole lawyer. The application was deemed premature and refused to protect the reputation of the profession. He was ordered to pay £1,500 costs.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage

Aggravating factors:

• Underlying offence extremely serious - conspiracy to pervert the course of justice with a five-year custodial sentence
• Offending carried out in capacity as a solicitor, paying witnesses for non-cooperation across five trips abroad
• Used public funds to help finance the dishonest enterprise
• Committed offence within about two years of admission to the Roll, despite prior convictions declared before admission

Mitigating factors:

• Evidence of personal character reformation and rehabilitation
• Charitable and mentoring work since release
• Positive character references from legal professionals and family

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]