Riffat Hussain

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

The SRA alleged that Ms Riffat Hussain, an immigration solicitor at the University of Liverpool Law Clinic, sought to mislead her employer by deleting a self-task and a blank template letter from the case management system on 18 September 2023 (Allegation 1.1), and attempted to mislead her colleague Ms Carter on 19 September 2023 by stating she did not have the Home Office decision letter (Allegation 1.2). The Tribunal found that although the Respondent did delete the two items, it was not satisfied she did so with an intention to mislead, noting she retained other June entries, did not alter the decision itself, took immediate steps to contact the client, and raised the file and missed time limit with Ms Carter. On Allegation 1.2, the Tribunal was not satisfied she used the words attributed to her, given limitations in Ms Carter's recollection and the timing of her note. Both allegations were dismissed and no order as to costs was made against the regulator.<br>Note: The Respondent's costs application was refused as the case was properly brought.</br>