Amir Nazir
Butt
Solicitor
014411
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 28 March 2024
Published date: 18 September 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: ANB Law Solicitors Limited
Address(es): Kingswood House, 168 Park Road, Peterborough PE1 2UF
Firm ID: 8004650
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 14 - 16 January 2025.
Mr. Butt was fined £35,000.
The Tribunal further ordered that he be subject to conditions imposed by the Tribunal as follow:
The Respondent must, for a period of three years:
- Submit to the Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd ( SRA) half yearly accounts commencing on 12 June 2025;
- Submit on a yearly basis his Firm-Wide Risk Assessment (FWRA), Anti-Money Laundering Policy (AML) and training records (re AML) for him and his staff to the SRA commencing on 13 February 2025
- Attain Lexel Accreditation by 31 December 2025
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk