Decision record
Tariq Rehman
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Tariq Rehman, called 2000, faced a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal for numerous breaches of the Code of Conduct including 17 Legal Ombudsman compensation awards, failing to notify public access clients of agreed work, preferring chambers' expenses over client refunds (over £24,000), non-payment of LeO case fees (£13,200), carrying on reserved legal activities through unregulated entities (KC Chambers Ltd and HLT Chambers Ltd) in breach of the Legal Services Act 2007, and failing to provide information to the BSB. He was disbarred and his appeal was refused. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)
Duties engaged
- Comply with and respect court orders
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Complaints procedure and handling
- No conflict between current clients
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
- Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
- Firm governance, systems and compliance
- File and record retention
- Cooperate openly with regulators
- Self-report to the regulator
- Report serious misconduct of others
- Not misrepresent regulated status
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Documents
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