Decision record
Stephen Hourigan
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Middle Temple
DateWednesday 5 November 2014
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
CostsGBP 300
Dishonesty foundNo
Stephen Hourigan, a barrister called by Middle Temple in 1998, was found to have failed to pay a £1,000 fine imposed by a Disciplinary Tribunal in September 2013 and to have failed to respond to BSB correspondence, both failures aggravated by prior similar failures. He was disbarred and ordered to pay £300 costs to the BSB. No dishonesty finding was made.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Previous failures to comply with Disciplinary Tribunal orders (8 January 2010, 23 June 2010, 30 September 2013)
- Repeated non-compliance with BSB information requests
Panel
His Honour Stuart Sleeman (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley
Duties engaged
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Documents
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