Disciplinary Record - Azfar Naseem Bajwa

Barrister Status:

Disbarred

Called:

Jul 1996

Inn:

Gray's Inn

Hearing type:

Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)

Tribunal panel members:

Ms Angela Pober

, 

Mr James Robert McClelland KC

, 

Mr John Walsh

, 

Miss Siobhan Heather Heron

, 

His Honour Judge Witold Expedyt Pawlak

Decision date

19/09/2019

Breach details:

Professional Misconduct contrary to paragraph 905(b) of the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales (8th Edition), Core Duties 1, 3, 5 and 9, and rC65.3, rC8 and r65.7 of the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales (9th Edition).

Offence details:

Between 23 March 2009 and 5 January 2014, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005 , failed to inform the Bar Standards Board promptly or at all, that he was the subject of disciplinary proceedings by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, an Approved Regulator and that following a hearing on 10 February 2010, he was made the subject of a Finding of professional misconduct by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (as set out in the written findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 10th June 2010). This was conduct likely to diminish trust and confidence in the legal profession, and which demonstrated a lack of openness and co-operation with the Bar Standards Board, his regulator.

Between 6 January 2014 and 21 February 2018, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005, , failed to inform the Bar Standards Board promptly or at all, that he was the subject of disciplinary proceedings by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, an Approved Regulator and that following a hearing on 10 February 2010, he was made the subject of a Finding of professional misconduct by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (as set out in the written findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 10th June 2010). This was conduct likely to diminish trust and confidence in the legal profession, and which demonstrated a lack of openness and co-operation with the Bar Standards Board, his regulator.

Between 5 August 2014 and 20 July 2015,Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005 , failed to observe his duty to the court in the administration of justice as set out in the Findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 13th December 2017, in relation to allegations 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5 against Azfar Naseem Bajwa in those Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings (“the Allegations”), which Allegations are listed in Schedule 1 to this Charge Sheet.
As recorded in the written findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the SDT”) dated 13th December 2017, the SDT found the Allegations to be proved and that Azfar Naseem Bajwa was guilty of professional misconduct. The SDT ordered that he be struck off the Roll of Solicitors.

Between 5 August 2014 and 20 July 2015, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005 failed to act with honesty and with integrity as set out in the Findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 13th December 2017, in relation to allegations 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5 against Azfar Naseem Bajwa in those Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings (“the Allegations”), which Allegations are listed in Schedule 1 to this Charge Sheet.
As recorded in the written findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the SDT”) dated 13th December 2017, the SDT found the Allegations to be proved and that Azfar Naseem Bajwa was guilty of professional misconduct. The SDT ordered that he be struck off the Roll of Solicitors.

Between 5 August 2014 and 20 July 2015, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005 , behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession as set out in the Findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 13th December 2017, in relation to allegations 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5 against Azfar Naseem Bajwa in those Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings (“the Allegations”), which Allegations are listed in Schedule 1 to this Charge Sheet.
As recorded in the written findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the SDT”) dated 13th December 2017, the SDT found the Allegations to be proved and that Azfar Naseem Bajwa was guilty of professional misconduct. The SDT ordered that he be struck off the Roll of Solicitors.

Between 5 August 2014 and 20 July 2015, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005 , behaved in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine his honesty and integrity as set out in the Findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 13th December 2017, in relation to allegations 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5 against Azfar Naseem Bajwa in those Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings (“the Allegations”), which Allegations are listed in Schedule 1 to this Charge Sheet.
As recorded in the written findings of , the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the SDT”) dated 13th December 2017, the SDT found the Allegations to be proved and that Azfar Naseem Bajwa was guilty of professional misconduct. The SDT ordered that he be struck off the Roll of Solicitors.

Between 5 May 2017 and February 2018, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, an unregistered barrister, who was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on 1st March 2005 but struck off the Roll of Solicitors as recorded in the written findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dated 13th December 2017, failed to report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board that he was the subject of disciplinary proceedings by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, an Approved Regulator, and that following a hearing on 24-25 October 2017 he was struck off the Roll of Solicitors on the basis of findings of professional misconduct by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. This is conduct likely to diminish trust and confidence in the legal profession and which demonstrated a lack of openness and co-operation with the BSB, his regulator.

Sanction:

Disbarred from 11 October 2019

Status:

Final