William Herbert Black

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

The Respondent, William Herbert Black, was convicted on 7 November 2018 of sexual assault contrary to Section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, involving inappropriate behaviour with a minor, and sentenced to a Community Order, compensation, victim surcharge and costs, plus 5 years' registration with police. The Tribunal, dealing with the matter on the papers by agreed outcome, found his conduct breached Principles 2 and 6 of the SRA Principles 2011. The age of the victim was a substantial aggravating factor. The Tribunal ordered he be struck off the Roll and pay costs of £1,275.

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• The victim was a minor; the age of the victim was a substantial aggravating factor