Iain Leadbetter

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

Iain Leadbetter, called 1975, practised as a barrister and carried out reserved legal activities between 1 May and 31 December 2013 without a practising certificate, also failing to meet 2009/2010 CPD requirements and BMIF insurance obligations. He further failed to respond to three BSB letters in 2014, compounded by a prior failure to provide information in 2011. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found professional misconduct and disbarred him on 5 November 2014.

Duties found breached:

• Handle inadvertently received material
• Hold a current practising certificate
• Maintain competence and CPD