Decision record
Nicholas Barnes
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Inner Temple
Hearing3 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealConvened
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo
The document sets out charges against Nicholas Barnes (called 2009, Inner Temple) alleging professional misconduct under multiple Core Duties and rules of the BSB Handbook, including acting without integrity, failing to manage his practice competently, and behaving in a way likely to diminish public trust. The text provided contains only the charges and does not state the tribunal's findings, whether dishonesty was found, or any sanction imposed.
Duties found breached:
Panel
Mr Geoffrey Williams KC (Chair); Mr Mani Singh Basi; Ms Melissa West
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/