Paul Sims

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

Paul Sims, a barrister, was found in breach of rC64.2 of the BSB Handbook for failing to comply in due time with a sentence imposed on 20 January 2012 (a £1000 fine and £111.67 costs). Although granted permission to negotiate time to pay and having agreed on 12 February 2014 to pay at least £100 monthly, and having paid £111.67 around 13 February 2014, he failed to make any monthly payments from March 2014 onwards, with no further payment by 30 September 2014. A 3-person Disciplinary Tribunal imposed a conditional 3-month suspension on 15 April 2015.

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank