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Donal McGuire

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Gray's Inn
DateMonday 14 October 2013
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionSuspension
Suspension4 months
Dishonesty foundNo

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:

Panel

His Honour Stuart Sleeman (Chair); Ms Jennifer Jones

Duties engaged

Documents

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