Kevin Manning

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

Kevin Manning, an unregistered barrister and Jersey solicitor, was tried in his absence (charges deemed denied) and all charges were found proved. He removed monies from his firm's accounts in breach of trust, failed to keep accurate client records, and failed to report his December 2018 Royal Court Jersey conviction and other matters to the BSB. The Tribunal found dishonesty of a very serious nature and disbarred him. Costs were not ordered given the impression about the Respondent's means.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• No improper use of client money
• Report serious misconduct of others
• Self-report to the regulator

Aggravating factors:

• Breach of trust
• Conviction by the Royal Court Jersey