Miss Mahnoor Choudhury

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Barrister Status:
Disbarred
Called:
Mar 2014
Inn:
Lincoln's Inn
Hearing type:
Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)
Tribunal panel members:
Mr Alexander Charles Ross Chandler KC ,  Mr Andrew Gell ,  Her Honour Judge Georgina Emma Gibbs ,  His Honour Judge John Charles Price ,  Mrs Pamela Varley
Decision date
19/04/2017
Breach details:
Professional Misconduct, contrary to Core Duty 5,Core Duty 9, rC8 and Rc65.7 of the Code of Conduct in Part 2 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook (2nd Edition).
Offence details:

Mahnoor Choudhury, failed to act with honesty and integrity contrary to rC8 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook, and behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public placed in her or in the profession, contrary to Core Duty 5 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook, in that on a number of occasions on and before 7 June 2016, she stole a total of around £400 from the petty cash belonging to her employer and from the bags of her work colleagues.

Having been dismissed summarily from her employment as a paralegal with Howells Jones Solicitors on 22 June 2016, the grounds for dismissal being that Mahnoor Choudhury acted dishonestly by stealing money from her employer and her colleagues, and Mahnoor Choudhury being aware of those grounds, she did not report promptly to the Bar Standards Board this serious misconduct on her part.

Sanction:
Charge 1 – Disbarred Charge 2 – Reprimand Effective from 26 April 2017
Status:
Final
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