Philip Pawson

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

Philip Pawson, called 1999, faced a 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal on 7 December 2016. As a director of nine companies he dishonestly authorised six companies to each pay him £5,000 for the same legal work, and as an unregistered barrister he exhibited a false contract of employment to a sworn affidavit intending to deceive a court. The tribunal found dishonesty and disbarred him.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues