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John O'Callaghan

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Gray's Inn
DateTuesday 12 November 2013
Hearing5 Person Sentencing Hearing
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo

John O'Callaghan, a barrister called in 1988, was found to have engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice by failing to pay a listing fee he had undertaken to pay and failing to pay a £50 sum as ordered by a District Judge, and by failing to respond to BSB letters concerning a formal investigation. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal disbarred him on 12 November 2013. 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

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