Rajendra Mashru

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

The SRA brought five allegations against Rajendra Mashru, a solicitor admitted in 1979, concerning client account movements totalling £150,000 (including £100,000 paid by the Russell family), alleged breaches of the SRA Accounts Rules and money laundering duties, alleged facilitation of an advance fee fraud, failure to supervise a struck-off consultant (RB), and permitting RB to participate in litigation after being struck off. The Tribunal found that there was an underlying property transaction (purchase of 27/39Q) and a reasonable nexus between the funds and that transaction, that the parties were related and money laundering warning signs did not apply, that the advance fee fraud could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt due to ambiguity, that supervision of an experienced 32-year-qualified solicitor was adequate, and that RB's involvement (being 'kept in the loop' and attending a meeting as a friend at the client's insistence) did not amount to conducting litigation. All allegations were dismissed as not proved. No dishonesty was alleged against or found in respect of the Respondent. No order for costs was made, though the Tribunal noted the Respondent had not helped himself through poor paperwork and an opaque letter to Lyndales.