Donal McGuire

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

Donal McGuire, a barrister called by Gray's Inn in 1983, was found by a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal on 14 October 2013 to have committed professional misconduct by failing to complete the required CPD hours for 2011, failing to submit his CPD details in the prescribed form by the extended due date, and failing to respond promptly to a BSB request for information on a complaint. He had two previous automatic financial penalties for Code failures. He was suspended for 4 months. The decision is final.

Duties found breached:

• Maintain competence and CPD
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report