Decision record
Ian Millard
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
DateThursday 27 October 2016
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo
Ian Millard, an unregistered barrister who had identified himself as a barrister on Twitter, posted seven seriously offensive tweets in November 2014 containing antisemitic, racist and Islamophobic content (including swastika imagery and references to Jews being unwanted). These were found to breach Core Duty 5 as they were seriously offensive and likely to diminish public trust and confidence in him and the profession. He was disbarred.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/