Rabi Sukul

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

A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found that Rabi Sukul, called to the Bar in 1988, created a false 'application to Appeal against conviction' document on or before 15 March 2012, knowing it was false, intending to mislead his former client L into believing he had grounds to appeal his conviction when none existed (breach of para 301(a)(iii)). It also found that between March and October 2012 he recklessly misled the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) into believing the application was a true document with genuine grounds of appeal, failing to notify the court otherwise (breach of para 302). He was disbarred on Charge 1 and suspended for 9 months on Charge 2. Although the conduct involved a knowingly false document, the tribunal characterised the second charge as 'reckless' and made no express finding of dishonesty in this text.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead the court
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues