Peter Wareing

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

Barrister Peter Wareing faced 13 charges of professional misconduct. Charges 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 12 and 13 were admitted; charges 3, 5 and 6 were found proved; charges 9 and 10 were dismissed. Conduct included emailing tactically to mislead, misleading or attempting to mislead the court (C3.1), breaches of Core Duties 1, 5 and 10, and acting as a barrister of less than 3 years' standing without a qualified person. The Tribunal, applying the criminal standard, found the respondent lacked truthfulness; the issue was one of truthfulness. No express finding of dishonesty was made. The unanimous sanction was that he be advised as to his future conduct. The BSB sought costs of £6,312.00 but, taking account of his means, the Tribunal ordered him to pay £2,000.00.

Duties found breached:

• Overriding duty to the court
• Not mislead the court
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Act only on proper, lawful instructions
• Competence