Lateef Kareem faces mounting SRA restrictions blocking solo practice, now entering a third cycle
A London-based solicitor has been handed practice conditions by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for the third consecutive year, barring him from operating independently within the legal profession.
Lateef Abolade Kareem, a solicitor registered under number 402470, had conditions imposed on his practising certificate for 2025/2026 following an SRA decision dated 16 April 2026. The decision was published on 18 June 2026.
Under the conditions, Kareem may not serve as sole manager or sole owner of any authorised body. He is likewise prohibited from practising on his own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
This is not a one-off occurrence. Identical conditions were applied to his 2024/2025 certificate; an outcome dated 2 May 2025 and published 11 June 2025. Before that, the same restrictions appeared on his 2023/2024 certificate, following a decision issued on 23 November 2023 and published on 15 January 2024.
At the time the matters giving rise to these outcomes arose, Kareem was associated with Macaulay-Blackmann, a firm based at First Floor, 148 Sundon Park Road, Luton, LU3 3AH (Firm ID: 353163). At the point of each publication, however, he was listed at Atlantic Solicitors Ltd, situated at 2nd Floor Rear, Thames House, 3 Wellington Street, SE18 6NY (Firm ID: 639404).
The SRA, in each instance, justified its decisions on public interest grounds. The authority stated that the conditions are reasonable and proportionate, having regard to the purposes set out in regulation 7 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, alongside the regulatory objectives and principles contained in section 28 of the Legal Services Act 2007.
All three outcomes were reached by SRA decision rather than tribunal adjudication, meaning no independent judicial panel was required to make the determinations.
Kareem remains able to practise as a solicitor in an employed or supervised capacity; the restrictions apply solely to independent or sole ownership arrangements.
The SRA has not published any further il regarding the circumstances that led to the imposition of the 2025/26 conditions.