Ghazala Sarwar

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

Ghazala Sarwar, an unadmitted person, was employed by Pannone & Partners as an assistant solicitor after holding herself out as an admitted solicitor during recruitment and employment, including providing a false Roll number and overstating her degree. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated and expressly found her behaviour had not been honest. It made a Section 43 order restricting her employment by solicitors and ordered her to pay costs of £2,012.13.

Duties found breached:

• Handle inadvertently received material
• Competence
• No improper solicitation or touting

Aggravating factors:

• Holding out to the public as a solicitor implies Law Society regulatory protection that was not available
• Provided a false Roll number amounting to deception

Mitigating factors:

• Cooperative and frank with the Applicant by telephone; wanted the matter dealt with