Sadhana
Soni
Solicitor
43393
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 1 September 2025
Published date: 1 October 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Denning Sotomayor Ltd
Address(es): Berkeley Square House Berkeley Square London W1J 6BD
Firm ID: 627543
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Sadhana Soni's practising certificate for 2024/2025 is subject to the following conditions:
- Miss Soni may not be a manager or owner of any authorised body or an authorised nonSRA firm.
- Miss Soni may not practise on her own account under regulation 10.2(a) or (b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Miss Soni may not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body, or Head of Legal Practice (HOLP) or Head of Finance and Administration (HOFA) in any authorised nonSRA firm.
- Miss Soni does not hold or receive client money, or 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: 20 August 2024
Published date: 20 August 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Denning Sotomayor Ltd
Address(es): Berkley Square House, Berkley Square, W1J 6BD
Firm ID: 627543
Firm or organisation at date of publication
Name: Jaoim Ltd
Address(es): Berkley Square House, Berkley Square, W1J 6BD
Firm ID: 8001869
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
To intervene into the practice of Sadhana Soni.
Reasons/basis
- There is reason to suspect dishonesty by Ms Soni in connection with her practice at Denning Sotomayor Ltd – paragraph 1(1)(a)(i) Schedule 1 Solicitors Act 1974 (as amended).
- Ms Soni has failed to comply with the SRA Principles (2019) and the SRA Accounts Rules (2019) which are rules made under sections 31 and 32 of the Solicitors Act 1974 – paragraph 1(1)( c) Schedule 1 Solicitors Act 1974.
Intervening agents
Richard Thorpe of Shakespeare Martineau, SHMA SRA Interventions, PO Box 18228, Birmingham, B2 2HX has been appointed as the intervening agent.
For enquiries please call 0300 247 2470 or email interventions@shma.co.uk