Disciplinary Record - Alvina Zia

Decision - Prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Outcome date: 6 July 2022

Published date: 16 March 2023

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Obelisk Law Limited

Address(es): Harewood House, 2 Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 6DP

Firm ID: 621473

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Reasons/basis

Outcome of SDT Hearing

This notification relates to a Decision to prosecute before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is an independent Tribunal which reaches its own decision after considering all the evidence, including any evidence put forward by the Respondent. The Tribunal had certified that there was a case to answer.

The matter was heard on 29 – 31 March 2023.  

Ms Zia was Struck Off the Roll.   

The SDT judgment will be available at  www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk

Decision - Control of practice

Outcome: Condition

Outcome date: 1 August 2022

Published date: 12 September 2022

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Obelisk Law Limited

Address(es): Harewood House, 2 Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 6DP

Firm ID: 621473

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Alvina Zia practising certificate for 2021/2022 is subject to the following conditions:

1. Alvina Zia may not act as a manager or owner of any authorised body.
2. Alvina Zia may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
3. Alvina Zia may not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
4. Alvina Zia may not practice on her own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
5. Subject to condition 1, Alvina Zia may act only as a solicitor, only as an employee, where the role has first been approved by us.

In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.

Reasons/basis

The above conditions are necessary in the public interest and reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.