Matthew Boyden

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

Matthew Boyden, a barrister, was found to have committed professional misconduct across 5 charges of failing to co-operate with his regulator, failing to pay fines (a £400 administrative sanction and a £12,079.04 financial penalty) and repeatedly failing to respond to BSB correspondence between 2016 and 2020. He did not attend and was unrepresented; the tribunal proceeded in his absence. All charges were found proven. No express finding of dishonesty was made. He was prohibited from applying for a practising certificate for 3 years (running concurrently with an existing prohibition) and ordered to pay £1,770 costs.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Prompt accounting and return of money

Aggravating factors:

• Lack of remorse
• Persistent conduct
• Complete failure to engage with the BSB or the proceedings, frustrating the BSB's regulatory function