Mark Lorrell

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

Barrister Mark Lorrell (Lincoln's Inn) faced disciplinary charges before a Tribunal chaired under appointment by the President of the Council of the Inns of Court, with lay member Mr Paul Robb and barrister member Charles Bagot QC. Charges 1 and 3 (professional misconduct contrary to paragraph 301(a)(iii)) were admitted. The conduct amounted to a failure to act with integrity. A BSB control of practice order placed conditions on his 2015/2016 practising certificate in April 2016, and an interim panel later suspended him. He was arrested in front of his staff and kept on police bail for two years before the CPS decided there was insufficient evidence. He had some previous disciplinary findings before the SDT. The Tribunal imposed a suspension running until 4 July 2020, declining to use just the starting point because of aggravating factors. No express finding of dishonesty was made (the finding was a failure to act with integrity).

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Previous disciplinary findings before the SDT
• Aggravating factors led the Tribunal to depart upward from the starting point sanction

Mitigating factors:

• Suspension had virtually run its course / largely served
• Kept on police bail for two years before CPS decided there was insufficient evidence