Michael Shrimpton
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Michael Shrimpton, subject to a Section 43 Order imposed by the SRA Chief Adjudicator on 16 September 2019 following his convictions for making indecent images of children and for a bomb hoax (12 months' imprisonment), applied to have the Order reviewed/revoked. He argued the Tribunal should go behind his criminal convictions and consider fresh expert evidence (Mr Cufley's reports), and disputed jurisdiction and the dishonesty finding. The Tribunal rejected all submissions, finding no exceptional circumstances to go behind the convictions, that Rule 15(2) treated convictions as conclusive proof, and upheld the express finding of dishonesty in respect of the bomb hoax conviction (applying the Ivey test). The application was refused and the Applicant was ordered to pay costs of £8,160. His subsequent appeal to the High Court was dismissed.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Conduct involved dishonesty (bomb hoax conviction)
- Two criminal convictions, one resulting in a 12-month prison sentence
- The Images offence was of a sexual nature
- Showed no insight or remorse, continuing to deny both offences
- Risk to the public given his work representing vulnerable adults and potentially unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors
Duties engaged
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