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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anna Loren

Lawyer who suggested colleague be placed in ‘mental asylum’ disbarred

Mariam El-Sobky was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 2001 - (PA Archive)

A barrister who suggested that a former colleague should be placed in a “mental asylum” has been disbarred.

Mariam El-Sobky, a barrister at Lincoln’s Inn Court, also made illicit recordings of Family Court hearings on at least three occasions in July and August 2021.

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