Ian Ball

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Mr Ian Ball, a barrister, admitted three charges of professional misconduct arising from his 2014 convictions for making indecent photographs of a child and indecent assault on a male (30 months imprisonment) and his failure to report his charge and conviction to the BSB. The Tribunal found Charge 1 fell in the upper range of seriousness and imposed disbarment, with no separate penalty on Charges 2 and 3. Costs of £2,200 were ordered against him. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Prosecutorial duty of disclosure

Aggravating factors:

• Seriousness of underlying offences including contact offences involving sexual abuse of a child
• Use of position of trust to groom the victim
• Placement in upper range of seriousness (Group B misconduct)

Mitigating factors:

• Full admissions to all charges
• Respondent invited the Tribunal to disbar him