Hashok Parmar

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

Mr Parmar, a sole practitioner solicitor, was convicted in the Crown Court in March 2020 of two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud and one count of conspiracy to convert criminal property arising from fraudulent property sales using false/stolen identities, and sentenced to six years imprisonment. The SDT found allegations of breaches of Principles 2 and 6 proved, together with an express finding of dishonesty applying Ivey, relying on the convictions as conclusive proof. Finding full culpability, serious harm and no mitigating factors, and no exceptional circumstances, the Tribunal struck him off the Roll and ordered costs of £3,600. The hearing proceeded in his absence.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• Integrity
• No conflict between current clients

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty
• Deliberate, planned, repeated conduct continued over time
• Abuse of position and concealment of wrongdoing
• Gross breach of trust by an experienced solicitor
• Serious harm caused to an individual and potential harm to others
• Contested matter at trial and made no admissions
• Previous disciplinary finding (18 months suspension in 2017)