Anbananden
Sooben
Solicitor
319746
Decision - Prosecution
Outcome: Referral to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Outcome date: 31 August 2024
Published date: 11 June 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Duncan Ellis Solicitors
Address(es): Suite 1 Fairland House, 380 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 3 LH
Firm ID: 661060
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 19 & 20 August 2025.
The Tribunal ordered that Mr Sooben be suspended from practice as a solicitor for the period of 9 months to commence on 20 August 2025, he will also be subject to a Restriction Order imposing conditions on practice:-
Mr Sooben shall be subject to conditions on practice imposed by the Tribunal for an indefinite period to commence on 20 May 2026 as follows:
- Mr Sooben:
- may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body.
- may only act as a solicitor as an employee where the role has first been approved by the SRA.
- may not act as a COLP or COFA for any authorised body.
- may not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
- shall immediately inform any actual or prospective employer of these conditions and the reason for their imposition.
The SDT judgment will be available at www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Termination of suspension of PC/registration
Outcome date: 2 October 2024
Published date: 8 November 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Duncan Ellis Solicitors
Address(es): Suite 1 Fairland House, 380 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London, W5 3 LH
Firm ID: 661060
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
The suspension of Mr Sooben's 2023/2024 practising certificate has been terminated subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Sooben may not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body.
- Subject to condition 1, Mr Sooben may act as a solicitor only as an employee where the role has first been approved by the SRA.
- Mr Sooben may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Sooben may not hold or receive client money, or act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
- Mr Sooben shall immediately inform any actual or prospective employer of these conditions and the reasons for their imposition.
The following terms are defined in the SRA Glossary: authorised body, client money, client and office account, compliance officer, COLP and COFA employee, manager, owner.
Reasons/basis
The SRA publishes regulatory decisions when it considers it to be in the public interest. I consider, in accordance with the SRA’s guidance on publishing regulatory and disciplinary decisions, to be transparent and to maintain public confidence in the regulatory system, that it is necessary to publish these conditions. There are no factors which would support a decision not to publish by reference to the guidance.
Decision - Closure
Outcome: Intervention
Outcome date: 12 February 2024
Published date: 14 February 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Duncan Ellis Solicitors
Address(es): Suite 1 Fairland House, 380 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London, W5 3LH
Firm ID: 661060
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
To intervene into the recognised sole practice of Anbananden Sooben
Reasons/basis
- There is reason to suspect dishonesty by Mr Sooben in connection with his practice as a solicitor (paragraph 1(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 1- Part I to the Solicitors Act 1974).
- Mr Sooben has failed to comply with the SRA Accounts Rules, The SRA Code of Conduct for Firms, and the SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors which are rules made under sections 31 and 32 Solicitors Act (paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 1 – Part I to the Solicitors Act 1974).
Intervening agents
Chris Evans of Lester Aldridge LLP, Russell House, Oxford Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EX has been appointed as the intervening agent.
For enquiries please call 01202 786 341 or email Intervention.Enquiries@LA-Law.com