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discipline 3 October 2026
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Jenny Guan

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Gray's Inn
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
Appealopen to appeal

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

SanctionSuspension
Suspension24 months
CostsGBP 3,540
Dishonesty foundYes

Jenny Guan, an unregistered barrister who was a Second Six Pupil at the time, faced multiple charges. Charges 1, 2a, 2b, 3b, 4b were dismissed. Charge 3a was admitted and Charge 4a(a) was proved; both involved dishonestly misleading or attempting to mislead her pupil supervisor regarding a draft advice document she had recreated and shared externally. The tribunal expressly found dishonesty. She was sanctioned to not be issued a practising certificate for two years from 24 April 2026, with an immediate order preventing issue of a certificate pending appeal, and ordered to pay costs of £3,540 to the BSB.

Duties found breached:

Panel

His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); Ms Helen Compton; Mr Robert Earl; Ms Melissa West; Mr Stephen Dann

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/