Sabz Solicitors LLP
(Sabz Solicitors LLP)
615-617 Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Manchester
, M16 0QA
Recognised body
566543
Decision - Sanction
Outcome: Rebuke
Outcome date: 26 July 2021
Published date: 25 August 2021
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Sabz Solicitors LLP
Address(es): 615-617 Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Manchester
Firm ID: 566543
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sabz Solicitors LLP is authorised and regulated by the SRA as a recognised body. The firm’s head office is at 615-617 Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0QA.
Sabz Solicitors LLP caused or allowed the submission of an urgent judicial review application containing false information to Court. The application stated that service of the claim form on the respondent had taken place when Sabz Solicitors LLP knew, or should have known, that this was not true. The court criticised the application and referred Sabz Solicitors LLP under the Hamid jurisdiction, which is the court’s inherent jurisdiction to govern its own procedures and used where it considers a lawyer may have acted improperly.
In doing so, it:
- breached SRA Principles 1 and 8 of the SRA Principles 2011 and;
- failed to achieve Outcome 5.1 and 7.2 of the SRA Code of Conduct 2011.
SRA Principle 1 required the firm to uphold the rule of law and the proper administration of justice.
SRA Principle 8 required the firm to run its business or carry out its role in the business effectively and in accordance with proper governance and sound financial and risk management principles.
Outcome 5.1 required the firm not to attempt to deceive or knowingly or recklessly mislead the court.
Outcome 7.2 required the firm to have effective systems and controls in place to achieve and comply with all the Principles, rules and outcomes and other requirements of the Handbook, where applicable.
Sabz Solicitors LLP was given a written rebuke and was ordered to pay the SRA’s costs of £1,350 in investigating this matter.