Alaw firm owner has been fined for a third time after admitting to a string of accounts rule breaches.
Sarinjit Singh Bahia, admitted in 1993 and sole director and owner of Birmingham firm Consilium Legal Limited, prepared accounts for an estate which misleadingly stated ‘no fee to be charged’ when the firm knew he had already billed £5,000.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority, prosecuting, dropped an allegation of dishonesty and proposed an agreed outcome with Bahia that he would be fined £5,000
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal considered this proposal and invited the parties to revise the sanction to reflect the seriousness of the admitted conduct.
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