Kevin Farquharson

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

Disciplinary tribunal of the Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (case PC2019/1532) concerning a barrister of the Middle Temple. Charges arising from a criminal conviction were found proven, including a guilty plea to an offence resulting in a 7-year requirement to register/notify the police. The Respondent appeared in person; the BSB was represented. By a majority of 4 to 1 certain submissions were rejected. The Tribunal found the conviction warranted action and requested the Treasurer of the Middle Temple to act on the report. No express finding of dishonesty appears in the supplied text, and the precise sanction and any financial penalties are not legible.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Mitigating factors:

• Respondent had no previous disciplinary history (clean record)