Zaheda Parveen Aziz
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodySolicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)
Professionsolicitor
Case number9068/2004
Date01/01/2004
OutcomeSuspend - Indefinite
Allegation / charges
Breaches, Client Money, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Others
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionSuspension
CostsGBP 3,871
Dishonesty foundNo
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
- Supervise staff and delegated work
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Report serious misconduct of others
- No improper solicitation or touting
Aggravating factors:
- Complete failure to comply with important regulatory aspects of practice
- Failure to supervise enabled employee Mr K M to misappropriate client cash and cheques
- Previous Tribunal findings (August 2003) of conduct unbefitting a solicitor - failure to discharge undertaking and failure to reply to correspondence
- Multiple Accountant's Reports outstanding over several years; ignored repeated Law Society correspondence
Duties engaged
- No improper communication with the court
- Honesty
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Accounting records, reconciliation and reports
- Diligence and timeliness
- Supervise staff and delegated work
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Report serious misconduct of others
- No improper solicitation or touting