Christopher Mills

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

Christopher Mills, a barrister called by Middle Temple in 1984, failed to pay a £5000 fine and £335 costs imposed by a Disciplinary Tribunal on 7 December 2012 by the due dates, and failed to respond promptly to BSB letters of 15 and 30 August 2013 seeking comments/information and reminding him to comply with the sentence. The conduct was found to constitute professional misconduct under paragraph 901.5. He was disbarred.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Report serious misconduct of others

Aggravating factors:

• Previous failures to comply with the Code as set out in the prior disciplinary tribunal finding of 7 December 2012