Non-Practicing Barrister Banned from Providing Advice Indefinitely
05/05/2010
Rizwana Javed, (29) admitted a charge yesterday laid by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) before the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration Services).
Javed, who ran Adam Riz Immigration Chambers in Edgware, London, admitted to advising a client on how to abuse immigration procedures.
Javed, a non-practicing barrister, is now indefinitely prohibited from providing immigration advice and services.
Speaking about the decision, Immigration Services Commissioner Suzanne McCarthy said, The OISC is committed to the elimination of unscrupulous advisers. Breach of our Code of Standards can lead, as in this case, to advisers being banned from providing immigration advice or services.
Notes to the Editor:
1. The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) is an independent public body set up under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
2. The OISC is responsible for ensuring that all immigration advisers fulfil the requirements of good practice. The OISC is committed to the elimination of unscrupulous advisers and the fair and thorough investigation of complaints. Whilst it does not regulate solicitors it does take complaints against solicitors.
3. The OISC is statutorily obliged to provide a Code of Standards and Rules for the Immigration Advice sector to abide by. Breach of these can lead to a ban for advisers to provide immigration advice or services.
4. For more information contact Sharon Harris, Policy, Publications and Stakeholders Assistant Communications Officer at the OISC, on 0207 211 1619.
5. The charge brought was based on evidence given to the OISC by the News of The World.
