PROMINENT human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar has been found not guilty of professional misconduct by a disciplinary tribunal.
News of Anwar’s tribunal date was widely reported in early August, with the lawyer telling The Times the issue came down to a “historic, technical single issue from several years ago”.
He said that although the case involved “confidential client business”, he could say that it related to “the wording of the firm’s former terms of business”.
The 53-year-old appeared before the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal, the independent body which decides if a solicitor has been guilty of professional misconduct.
Anwar denied any wrongdoing throughout, and has now been vindicated.
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Speaking to The National after the ruling, the former rector of Glasgow University said that he was “grateful” to the tribunal.
He said: “I’m grateful to the Tribunal at the Law Society who for four years after a complaint, and following a robust investigation and hearing, found me not guilty of professional misconduct.
“As a lawyer I have always tried to fight for justice without fear or favour and will continue to do so.
“I also wish to thank Claire Mitchell QC and solicitor Johnston Clark of Blackadders for their tremendous representation.”
Anwar has been involved in high-profile cases including representing the family of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
He has been prominent in the news recently for representing Rangers FC player Glen Kamara, who was subjected to vile racist abuse during matches against both Slavia and Sparta Prague.
Anwar was instructed in the perjury trial of former Scottish Socialist leader Tommy Sheridan, and in the appeals over the so-called Ice Cream Wars.
He also initiated legal proceedings on behalf of Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla against a nursery they accuse of racially discriminating against their daughter Amal.
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