Matthew Boyden

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

Matthew John Boyden faced charges before a Bar Disciplinary Tribunal (ref PC2020/1136/D5). He conducted litigation and undertook reserved legal activity when not authorised, and engaged in professional misconduct. The Respondent did not attend and was not represented, so charges were deemed denied. The Tribunal unanimously found all charges proven and disbarred him. The BSB applied for costs of £4,041.96. No express finding of dishonesty is recorded in the available text.

Duties found breached:

• Act only on proper, lawful instructions
• Uphold public trust in the profession