After she did not appear before the court for dishonesty allegations, a judge at High Court ordered that the police arrest an activist Left-wing lawyer.
A warrant was issued by Mr Justice Fancourt for Soophia Kan, prominent civil rights lawyer. He found Khan guilty of contempt and ordered her to be arrested.
On Wednesday Miss Khan was effectively put on the run after a ruling against a solicitor.
The move comes as a result of the Law Society firing the 41-year-old human right lawyer in 2019, after she was found to be discriminating against a woman by calling her a white woman.
A warrant was issued by Mr Justice Fancourt for Soophia, a prominent civil liberties lawyer (above), after she was found in contempt for court because she failed to appear for her case
Miss Khan was the ex-chair of the civil litigation committee at the society. Her Leicester practice was then closed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, which stated that there were grounds to suspect ‘dishonesty.
A further allegation was that the woman and her firm did not adhere to the principles of the profession, code and accounting rules.
Following Miss Khan’s alleged failure to submit all client files to watchdog, her practice was suspended automatically.
She apparently offered legal services again under another business. Her campaigning against police regarding stop and search powers, and other policies has earned her a good reputation.
The regulators again applied to High Court for an order requiring her to give over her files, and an injunction prohibiting her from providing legal advice.
According to some, the ruling of Wednesday against Miss Khan, believed to be the first in its type, puts her on the run. (File photo from the High Court of London).
But Miss Khan did not attend the hearing so the court ruled that she was in contempt and issued a ‘bench warrant’ for her arrest – meaning police can take her into custody at any time.
SRA is responsible for overseeing 155,000 practicing solicitors in England & Wales. The SRA said that they were unaware of any bench warrants being issued before to an attorney.
According to The Law Society Gazette, Miss Khan applied for the adjournment of her hearing, saying that she required ’emergency elective surgical treatment’.
However, Mr Justice Fancourt denied her request. He believed Miss Khan would not be able to attend court and that the only sensible thing was for her to be arrested and taken to the court.