Past disciplinary findings

Mr. Arbab Khalil, an unregistered barrister, engaged before call in conduct which was dishonest or otherwise discreditable to a barrister and which was not, before his call by Lincoln’s Inn on 21 March 2024, fairly disclosed in writing to the Inn, in that:
(a) On 8 January 2024, he submitted a call declaration to Lincoln’s Inn in which he stated that he had never been subject to any investigations or proceedings by a higher education institution, that there were no other matters which might reasonably be thought to call into question his fitness to become a practising barrister, and that, should any information within the declaration change prior to his being called to the Bar, he would notify his Inn; and (b) On 24 January 2024, he submitted someone else’s work, either in whole or in part, which he presented as his own, in respect of his dissertation for his BTC-LLM Research Project to Cardiff University; and (c) On 2 February 2024, Cardiff University commenced an investigation into his academic misconduct. Mr Khalil was aware of the investigation, among other matters, by his attendance at a meeting with representatives of Cardiff University on 26 February 2024; and (d) Mr Khalil failed to inform Lincoln’s Inn of any of the matters set out in paragraphs (b) and (c) above before his call to the bar on 21 March 2024, which was a requirement in accordance with the ongoing duty at paragraph 5 of the call declaration form he signed dated 8 January 2024 and he was therefore called to the bar on the basis of a false call declaration.