Theyakaraja Palaniandy

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

Theyakaraja Palaniandy, an unregistered barrister, was the subject of disciplinary proceedings before a Bar disciplinary tribunal (ref PC2018/0047/D5). He had previously been subject to findings by a Disciplinary Committee in Malaysia (26 April 2016) where he practised as an Advocate and Solicitor. The BSB applied to proceed in his absence, which was granted as he was neither present nor represented. The BSB relied on the Malaysian Disciplinary Committee findings as the facts. The tribunal found 3 charges proved, including failure to co-operate with the BSB and failure to report an allegation of serious misconduct. By majority, the tribunal decided the Respondent should be disbarred.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report