What’s at stake: The Law Society is considering a lawyer’s application to practise on his own account.
Background: Orange Capital traded CFDs and was placed in liquidation by its shareholder in 2017. The liquidator was a convicted tax fraudster. The shareholder subsequently qualified as a lawyer but was initially refused a certificate of character by the Law Society in 2021 before gaining admission six months later.
Main players: Orange Capital, Gautam Jindal, Imran Kamal, Kevin Davies, Cherag Daruwalla, OM Financial, Jarden Securities.
In a judgment of November 24, 2023, Associate Judge Clive Taylor records that the legal career of Gautam Jindal did not begin well.
The procedure for admission to practise as a barrister and solicitor involves obtaining a certificate of character from the Law Society. In Jindal’s case, in March
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What’s at stake: The Law Society is considering a lawyer’s application to practise on his own account.
Background: Orange Capital traded CFDs and was placed in liquidation by its shareholder in 2017. The liquidator was a convicted tax fraudster. The shareholder subsequently qualified as a lawyer but was initially refused a certificate of character by the Law Society in 2021 before gaining admission six months later.
Main players: Orange Capital, Gautam Jindal, Imran Kamal, Kevin Davies, Cherag Daruwalla, OM Financial, Jarden Securities.
