Sufe
Miah
Solicitor
349417
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 16 April 2026
Published date: 18 May 2026
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Hathaways The Law Firm Limited
Address(es): 18/19 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, NE8 1LU
Firm ID: 598278
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sufe Miah's practising certificate for 2025/2026 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Miah shall not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body or authorised non-SRA firm.
- Mr Miah may practise as a solicitor, only as an employee and only where the role has first been approved by us.
- Mr Miah may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr Miah does not hold or receive client money, act as a signatory to any client or office account or have the power to authorise transfers from any client or office account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above conditions are necessary in the public interest. They are reasonable and proportionate having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, and the regulatory objectives and principles governing regulatory activities as contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
Decision - Closure
Outcome: Intervention
Outcome date: 8 December 2025
Published date: 10 December 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at date of publication and at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Hathaways The Law Firm Ltd / Samuel Phillips Law Firm
Address(es): 18-19 Regents Terrace, Gateshead, NE8 1LU / 18-24 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6AE
Firm ID: 598278 / 59299
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Intervention into practice of Sufe Miah at Hathaways The Law Firm Ltd and at Samuel Phillips Law Firm.
Reasons/basis
The Adjudicator was satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under Paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended) namely that there was reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of Sufe Miah in connection with his practice as a solicitor.