Lee Sowden

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

Lee Sowden (called by Middle Temple, November) faced disciplinary charges before a Bar Tribunal arising from his conviction on 1 November 2018 at the Crown Court at Leicester for making indecent photographs of children (offences dated around 8 December 2016) contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act, and professional misconduct charges under Core Duty 9 and/or rC65.2. The respondent did not attend and was unrepresented; the Tribunal considered proceeding in his absence under rE183. Charges 3 and 4, though serious, attracted a fine per the sanctions guidelines. No express finding of dishonesty appears in the excerpt.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report