Decision of the Disciplinary Panel
Date of Decision: 27 August 2024
Case of: Rizwan Kalideen
RICS Membership Number: 6803918
Location: Riyadh
The formal charges against Rizwan Kalideen are:
- Mr Kalideen acted dishonestly in that he submitted his Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) candidate submission for preliminary review on or around 4 March 2023 with the intention of representing it as his own original work, when he knew that it did not and one or more of the sections in Appendix A were exact or near exact duplications of a case study submitted to RICS by another candidate dated 18 May 2022.
Contrary to Rule 1 of the RICS Rules of Conduct 2021
Mr Kalideen is therefore liable to disciplinary action under RICS Bye-law 5.2.2 (c).
- Mr Kalideen acted dishonestly in that he submitted his Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) candidate submission for preliminary review on or around 4 March 2023 with the intention of representing it as his own original work, when he knew that it did not and one or more of the sections in Appendix A were exact or near exact duplications of a case study submitted to RICS by another candidate dated 18 May 2022.
Contrary to Rule 1 of the RICS Rules of Conduct 2021
Mr Kalideen is therefore liable to disciplinary action under RICS Bye-law 5.2.2 (c).
Finding: Proved
Sanction: Expulsion
The Disciplinary Panel also made an order to costs.