Musa
Audu
Solicitor
003404
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 1 July 2025
Published date: 31 July 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Audu & Co
Address(es): 172 & 176 Caledonian Road, London, N1 0SQ.
Firm ID: 284498
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Musa Audu's practising certificate for 2024/2025 is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr Audu shall not act as a manager or owner of an authorised body.
- Mr Audu shall not practise on his own account under regulation 10.2 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
- Mr Audu 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.
- Mr Audu shall not act as a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
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 - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 29 March 2025
Published date: 7 April 2025
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Audu & Co
Address(es): 172 – 176 Caledonian Road, London, N1 0SQ
Firm ID: 284498
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr Musa Audu's practising certificate for 2023/2024 is subject to the following conditions:
Mr Audu may not:
- Practise as a manager or owner of any authorised body; or as a freelance Solicitor.
- Be 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 non-SRA firm.
- Hold client money.
- Be a signatory on any client account.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above interim conditions are made under rule 3.2 of the SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules, which states that at any stage an authorised decision maker may, pending a final decision by the SRA or the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, impose interim conditions on the practising certificate of a solicitor. We are satisfied that these conditions are necessary in the public interest or for the protection of the public.