Michelle
Niaz
Solicitor
457893
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 22 April 2024
Published date: 26 April 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Lewis Mitchell Solicitors inc Ruth Moores & Co
Address(es): Primrose Dairy, Railway View Road, Clitheroe BB7 2HE
Firm ID: 630158
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mrs Michelle Niaz's practising certificate for 2022/2023 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mrs Niaz is not a manager or owner of any authorised body, authorised non-SRA firm or legal services body.
- Mrs Niaz may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or a compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mrs Niaz may not provide legal services as a freelance solicitor offering reserved or unreserved services on her 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 interim conditions are made under rule 3.2 of the SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules, which states that at any stage an authorised decision maker may, pending a final decision by the SRA or the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, impose interim condition(s) on the practising certificate of a solicitor. We are satisfied that these conditions are necessary in the public interest or for the protection of the public.