Mohammed Latif

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

Barrister Mohammed Latif was found to have committed professional misconduct across three charges: failing to provide required transparency information (transparency factsheet) under rC159 despite repeated BSB requests between November 2021 and December 2022, and failing to be open and cooperative by not promptly responding to allegations first sent in May 2023. All three charges were proved. He was fined £5,000 in total and ordered to pay £4,500 costs to the BSB. No finding of dishonesty.

Duties found breached:

• Handle inadvertently received material
• Cooperate openly with regulators
• Not misrepresent regulated status