Agarwala v Financial Services Authority: FSMT 15 Jan 2007

FSMT SUPERVISORY NOTICE – application for a direction to suspend effect of Notice until reference disposed of – Notice varied a Part IV permission by removal of all regulated activities with immediate effect -reason for Notice being breach of threshold conditions and Principles 1 (conducting business with integrity); 6 (treating customers fairly); and 11 (dealing with FSA in an open and co-operative way) -in his applications for permission to conduct regulated activities the Applicant had failed to disclose that he had been erased from the Register of Practising Insurance Brokers in 1993; that he had been expelled from membership of the Personal Investment Authority in 1997; and that the Financial Ombudsman Service had expressed the preliminary view in 2003 that advice to a client about pension arrangements had not been suitable and that the Applicant should pay redress if there had been any loss – whether Tribunal satisfied that a direction to suspend the effect of the Notice would not prejudice the interests of consumers – no – whether necessary for notice to take effect immediately – yes – whether removal of all regulated activities proportionate to the concerns being addressed by the Notice – yes – application dismissed – Financial Services and Markets Tribunal Rules 2001 SI 2001 No. 2476; Rule 10(1((e) and 10(6)

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[2007] UKFSM FSM052

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Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.268192