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Stephen Hourigan

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Middle Temple
DateMonday 30 September 2013
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionSuspension
FineGBP 1,000
Dishonesty foundNo

A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found Stephen Hourigan (called 1998) breached the Code of Conduct by failing to pay tribunal-imposed fines and costs (£2505 due 13 March 2012 and £5167.50 due 6 September 2010) in due time, and by failing to respond promptly to BSB letters dated 31 January and 18 February 2013. He was suspended from practice until all fines and costs are paid and fined £1000, payable within 28 days. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

Panel

His Honour Stuart Sleeman (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2014-11-05 · BTAS · England & Wales

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Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/