Michael Shrimpton

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

Michael Shrimpton, a barrister called by Gray's Inn in 1983, faced professional misconduct charges arising from criminal convictions for indecent images and a bomb hoax. The Tribunal declined to go behind the convictions, finding no exceptional circumstances or significant fresh evidence justifying oral evidence, despite the Respondent's contention that he was innocent and that the image conviction was used to obtain the bomb hoax conviction. The CCRC had thoroughly examined the material. Convictions were treated as proof of the offences. The Respondent advanced no mitigation, maintaining his innocence. Aggravating features included lack of insight, the number of images (40), and lack of remorse. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Lack of insight
• Multiple images (40 images)
• Lack of remorse