Mohamed Faisal Mamon

Introduction

Mohamed Faisal Mamon is an England and Wales solicitor, admitted in 2014, who was suspended for two years by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in 2026 after admitting all the allegations against him in full, including that his conduct was reckless. The case concerned misleading information he provided on an application for professional indemnity insurance (PII) while at Ivy Solicitors, an east London firm, where he signed a proposal form to say he was the sole signatory on the firm’s client account when this was not true. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) intervened into the firm and it closed on 1 June 2023. Mamon was suspended for two years, to begin on 7 May 2026, and ordered to pay £24,727.30 in costs.

Background Information

Mamon was admitted as a solicitor in 2014 and practised at Ivy Solicitors, a firm based in east London. The misconduct centred on professional indemnity insurance — the cover solicitors must hold in order to practise — at a time when the firm did not have it. Among the allegations were that Mamon signed a PII proposal form declaring he was the sole signatory on the firm’s client account when this was not true, and that the firm carried on practice when it did not have PII. The SRA intervened into the firm and it closed on 1 June 2023. By the time the case was reported, Mamon did not currently hold a practising certificate.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated. Mamon admitted all the allegations in full, including that his conduct was reckless, and the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal suspended him for two years. The findings are regulatory, made before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal — not criminal convictions — and the sanction was a suspension, not a strike-off.

While at Ivy Solicitors, Mamon was alleged to have provided inaccurate and/or misleading information on an application for PII when he signed a proposal form to say that he was the sole signatory on the firm’s client account when this was not true.

He was also alleged to have failed to notify the SRA that the firm had entered the extended policy period and/or the cessation period; to have carried on practice at the firm and/or allowed the firm to continue to practise when it did not have PII; and to have failed to maintain or produce proper books of accounts. The SRA intervened into the east London firm and it closed on 1 June 2023.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Mamon, who does not currently hold a practising certificate, admitted all the allegations in full including that his conduct was reckless. In non-agreed mitigation, he expressed ‘genuine remorse’ and said he ‘placed undue reliance on assurances given by certain individuals in relation to the management and oversight of key regulatory and operational matters’, while accepting he ‘should not have proceeded on the basis of those assurances without independent verification’. The SDT judgment on an agreed outcome found Mamon’s admissions were properly made.

The tribunal said: ‘Mr Mamon was an experienced solicitor who had direct control for the misconduct. The admitted conduct posed a significant risk to clients and the reputation of the profession.’ Considering the proposed sanction of a two-year suspension, it said: ‘There was a need to protect both the public and the reputation of the profession from future harm by Mr Mamon by removing his ability to practise. The tribunal determined that public confidence in the profession required Mr Mamon to be suspended. The tribunal considered that the proposed sanction accurately reflected the seriousness of the misconduct.’

Suspending Mamon for two years, to begin on 7 May 2026, the SDT also ordered him to pay £24,727.30 in costs.

Current Status

Mamon is serving a two-year suspension that removes his ability to practise, beginning on 7 May 2026, and he has been ordered to pay £24,727.30 in costs. The sanction is a suspension rather than a strike-off, so it ends his ability to practise for the two-year period rather than permanently, as the tribunal itself framed it when it spoke of removing his ability to practise to protect the public and the reputation of the profession. He did not hold a practising certificate at the time of the report, and Ivy Solicitors, the firm at the centre of the case, closed on 1 June 2023 following the SRA intervention. The report does not indicate any appeal against the tribunal’s decision.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The two-year suspension removes Mamon’s ability to practise for its duration, beginning on 7 May 2026, with £24,727.30 in costs attached. For a solicitor admitted in 2014, the case closed a chapter that began with the SRA intervention into Ivy Solicitors and the firm’s closure on 1 June 2023. Because he admitted everything — including recklessness — the record shows a solicitor suspended on his own admissions rather than on contested evidence. In his own mitigation, he attributed the misconduct to misplaced trust: he said he placed undue reliance on assurances given by certain individuals about the management and oversight of key regulatory and operational matters, though he accepted he should not have proceeded on the basis of those assurances without independent verification. The tribunal’s assessment that he was an experienced solicitor with direct control over the misconduct shaped the outcome: serious enough to remove him from practice for two years, but stopping short of the strike-off that would have ended his career outright.

Sources

• Law Gazette, “Solicitor suspended by tribunal over misleading information on insurance forms,” Jun 2, 2026 — source