Disciplinary Record - Ravinder Bhardwaj

Decision - Control of practice

Outcome: Condition

Outcome date: 2 April 2024

Published date: 1 May 2024

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Rais Solicitors

Address(es): Lombard House 206 Rookery Road Handsworth Birmingham B21 9PY

Firm ID: 78872

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Ravinder Bhardwaj's practising certificate for 2023/2024 is subject to the following conditions:

1. Mr Bhardwaj may not be a sole manager or owner of any authorised body or an authorised non-SRA firm.
2. Mr Bhardwaj may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or Head of Legal Practice (HOLP) or Head of Finance and Administration (HOFA) in any authorised non-SRA firm.
3. Mr Bhardwaj may not practise on his own account under regulation 10.2 (a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.

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

Reasons/basis

The above conditions are necessary in the public interest. They are 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.

Decision - Control of practice

Outcome: Condition

Outcome date: 28 July 2023

Published date: 30 August 2023

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Rais Solicitors

Address(es): Lombard House, 206 Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9PY

Firm ID: 78872

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Ravinder Bhardwaj’s practising certificate for 2022/2023 is subject to the following conditions:

1. Ravinder Bhardwaj may not be a sole manager or owner of any authorised body or any authorised non-SRA firm.
2. Ravinder Bhardwaj may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or Head of Legal Practice (HOLP) or Head of Finance and Administration (HOFA) in any authorised non-SRA firm.
3. Ravinder Bhardwaj may not practise on his own account under regulation 10.2 (a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.

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.