Donal McGuire

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

Donal McGuire, a barrister called in 1983, was found to have committed professional misconduct for failing to complete required CPD hours for 2011, failing to submit CPD details by the extended due date, and failing to respond promptly to a BSB request regarding a complaint. Having two prior automatic penalties, the 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal suspended him for 4 months. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• Complaints procedure and handling
• Maintain competence and CPD
• Hold a current practising certificate

Aggravating factors:

• Two previous separate automatic financial penalties from the BSB (1 July 2009 and 6 January 2012) for failures to comply with the Code