Disciplinary Record - Rashid Ahmad Khan

Decision - Control of practice

Outcome: Condition

Outcome date: 19 April 2025

Published date: 23 May 2025

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Rashid & Rashid Law Firm

Address(es): 190 Merton High Street, South Wimbledon, London, SW19 1AX

Firm ID: 537264

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Rashid Khan’s practising certificate for 2024/2025 has been issued free from conditions

Reasons/basis

The SRA is satisfied that none of the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, or the regulatory objectives contained in the Legal Services Act 2007 and the principles governing regulatory activities in section 28 of that Act, make it necessary in the interests of the public to impose any practising certificate conditions.

Decision - Prosecution

Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Outcome date: 24 February 2024

Published date: 11 September 2024

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Rashid & Rashid Law Firm

Address(es): 190 Merton High Street, South Wimbledon, London SW19 1AX

Firm ID: 537264

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 18 – 19 February 2025.

The Tribunal ordered that all allegations against the Respondent be dismissed.

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

Decision - Approval denied

Outcome: Refusal to grant PC/Registration

Outcome date: 2 November 2023

Published date: 12 March 2024

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Rashid & Rashid Law Firm

Address(es): 190 MERTON HIGH STREET, SOUTH WIMBLEDON, LONDON SW19 1AX

Firm ID: 537264

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

The SRA has decided that it is in the public interest not to grant Mr Khan, who is a solicitor, a practising certificate for 2023/2024.

Reasons/basis

On 31 July 2023, the SRA intervened into Mr Khan's law firm because it had reason to suspect dishonesty. The reason was that in May 2023, Mr Khan was recorded by reporters from the Daily Mail. It appeared from the recordings that Mr Khan led a person posing as an illegal immigrant to believe that he would, upon receiving payment, apply to the Home Office for residence that would be inaccurate, misleading and without merit. 

Without prejudice to any other matters or issues, Mr Khan's application for a practising certificate for the practice year 2023/2024 has been refused.

Mr Khan's conduct poses a risk to the public interest and the trust the public places in the provision of legal services.

This decision is made having regard to the regulatory objectives contained in the Legal Services Act 2007 and the regulatory arrangements of the SRA.

SRA Authorisation of Individual Regulations

Regulation 7

If the SRA considers it to be in the public interest to do so, it must:

1. refuse your application for a practising certificate, or your application for registration or renewal of registration, in the register of European lawyers or the register of foreign lawyers.

Decision - Closure

Outcome: Intervention

Outcome date: 31 July 2023

Published date: 31 July 2023

Firm details

Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Rashid & Rashid Law Firm

Address(es): Head office: 190 Merton High Street, South Wimbledon, SW19 1AX Branch: 211 The Broadway, Southall, UB1 1NB

Firm ID: 537264

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

To intervene into the practice of Rashid Khan at Rashid & Rashid Law Firm.

Reasons/basis

There is reason to suspect dishonesty on Mr Khan's part in connection with his practice as a solicitor (paragraph 1(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended)).

Intervening agents

Emma Porter of Shakespeare Martineau LLP, SHMA SRA Interventions, PO Box 18228, Birmingham, B2 2HX has been appointed as the intervening agent.

For enquiries please call 0300 247 2470 or email interventions@shma.co.uk