Bruce Tattersall

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

Bruce Tattersall, a barrister called in 1997, failed to comply with sanctions imposed by earlier Disciplinary Tribunals. He did not pay costs of £781.50 ordered on 8 July 2010, and failed to pay £2704 owed to the BSB. While suspended from practice, he appeared at Woolwich Crown Court (Jan 2012), drafted and sent grounds of appeal in R v Teladjati to his instructing solicitor for the Court of Appeal, and appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court (Nov 2012) in R v Mounssi and Teladjati. He practised and carried out reserved legal activities without a practising certificate between April 2012 and March 2013, having previously breached para 202(c) in 2007 and 2008. He was found to have knowingly or recklessly misled the court that he was a practising barrister (para 302). The 5-person tribunal disbarred him on several charges, with concurrent suspensions on others.

Duties found breached:

• Avoid wasting the court's time
• Hold a current practising certificate
• No improper communication with the court
• Not mislead the court
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Suspended from practice at all material times
• Practising without a certificate constituted a criminal offence under s14 of the Legal Services Act 2007
• Previous failures to comply with the same provision (para 202(c)) in 2007 and 2008
• Repeated breaches of multiple tribunal sentences of suspension