Zeeshan Saquib Mian

Introduction

Zeeshan Saquib Mian is a former solicitor who was struck off the roll after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found that he had deliberately concealed his regulatory history from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and from Lincoln’s Inn while seeking to qualify as a barrister. Mian, who was 47 when the case was reported, was admitted as a solicitor in 2007 and held a practising certificate between July 2007 and October 2016. After conditions were imposed on his practising certificate and his former firm was intervened in by the regulator, he sought admission to the bar without disclosing those events, was called to the bar in November 2016, and was disbarred in June 2022. In September 2026, the Law Gazette reported that he had been struck off the roll of solicitors as well, with the tribunal describing his misconduct as “deliberate and calculated” .

Background Information

Mian spent nearly a decade in practice as a solicitor before his regulatory difficulties began:

He was admitted as a solicitor in 2007 and held a practising certificate between July 2007 and October 2016, after which he remained on the roll as a non-practising solicitor .
In September 2016, conditions were imposed on his practising certificate — the conditions the SDT would later describe as “the SRA conditions” .
In October 2016, his former firm, of which he was one of two directors, was intervened in by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) .
One month after the conditions were imposed, he was called to the bar in November 2016 .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Adjudicated. The allegations below were proved before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, which also found that Mian had been dishonest. These are adjudicated regulatory findings, not criminal convictions. The report records no admission or denial by Mian of the allegations; it records that the tribunal found no evidence of genuine remorse, though Mian “expressed regret for the position in which he found himself” .

Before his call to the bar, Mian was found to have failed to disclose relevant regulatory information and/or to have given false or misleading declarations to the Bar Standards Board and/or Lincoln’s Inn. The undisclosed information included details of the conditions imposed on his practising certificate in September 2016. The SDT found that he “knew the conditions and their publication were significant” and that his failure to notify both the BSB and the Inn was “deliberate” .

The non-disclosure did not stop at his call. Mian was also found to have failed to disclose relevant regulatory and/or disciplinary information to the BSB in the period between his call to the bar and December 2018, when the BSB notified him of its decision to investigate his conduct. The tribunal additionally found that Mian had been dishonest .

In its judgment, the SDT said the “harm to the regulatory process and to public confidence was substantial” and that Mian’s culpability was high. “His misconduct was motivated by a desire to avoid the risk that disclosure of the SRA conditions, regulatory enquiries and later SDT referral would jeopardise or affect his admission, call, or standing at the bar,” the tribunal found, describing the misconduct as “deliberate and calculated” .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The consequences reached both branches of the legal profession:

Disbarment — Mian was disbarred in June 2022, ending his career as a barrister a little over five years after his call .
Striking off — the SDT struck Mian off the roll of solicitors, saying that was the “only appropriate and proportionate sanction” .
Costs — he was also ordered to pay £40,000 costs .

The tribunal found that Mian “did not show meaningful insight into the seriousness of the misconduct” and that it “did not find evidence of genuine remorse for the dishonest failure to disclose”. Explaining why striking him off was required, the SDT said: “The misconduct went to the heart of professional trustworthiness. The dishonesty was not momentary, technical, or confined to an isolated lapse. It was repeated, deliberate and concerned information which another regulator was entitled to receive in order to perform its own regulatory function.”

Current Status

As of the Law Gazette’s report of 18 September 2026, Mian had been struck off the roll of solicitors and had stood disbarred since June 2022, leaving him unable to practise as either a solicitor or a barrister. He had remained on the roll only as a non-practising solicitor in the years between October 2016 and his striking off. The report does not record any appeal against either sanction .

Impact on Their Career/Life

The findings ended Mian’s legal career in both branches of the profession:

Solicitor — admitted in 2007, his practising certificate ended in October 2016, and in 2026 he was struck off the roll altogether .
Barrister — called to the bar in November 2016 following a transition made without disclosure of his SRA record, he was disbarred in June 2022 after the BSB investigation that began in December 2018 .
Financial — he was ordered to pay £40,000 in costs alongside the strike-off .
Reputation — the SDT’s findings of repeated, deliberate dishonesty, which it said “went to the heart of professional trustworthiness”, form a permanent part of the regulatory record concerning him .

Sources

Law Gazette, “Solicitor struck off after hiding regulatory information from Bar Standards Board,” Sep 18, 2026 — visible source.