Kamran Malik

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

The Respondent, admitted as a solicitor in October 2013, was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of multiple offences including conspiracy to dishonestly make false representations, conspiracy to conceal/convert criminal property, and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The offences arose from a well-planned, systematic multi-million pound (£1,736,000) fraud against financial institutions and an attempt to procure false defence evidence. He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. The Tribunal found breaches of Principles 1, 2 and 6 proved beyond reasonable doubt based on the certificates of conviction. Applying SRA v Sharma, and finding no exceptional circumstances, the Tribunal struck him off the Roll and ordered costs of £2,752. (A clerk's note records that the Tribunal was unaware of a prior 2008 disciplinary appearance when deciding sanction.)

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Serve justice and improve the law

Aggravating factors:

• Convicted of serious offences including multi-million pound fraud and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
• Abuse of position as a solicitor to perpetrate the frauds
• Total sum generated by fraud was £1,736,000
• Sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
• Intimidation of former bookkeeper to sign a false statement