Christopher Wilkins

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

Christopher John Wilkins, a practising barrister, was convicted of fraudulent evasion of VAT and committed professional misconduct including failing to act with honesty between 6 January 2014 and 7 June 2017. The Tribunal proceeded in his absence and found Charges 1-6 proven. The panel found his conduct dishonest and connected to his role as a member of the Bar, placing seriousness in the middle range, with no exceptional circumstances to avoid disbarment. He was disbarred on Charges 1-4, with no further sanction on Charges 5 and 6.

Duties found breached:

• Honesty
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct of evading VAT was connected to his role as a member of the Bar

Mitigating factors:

• No previous convictions
• Admitted professional misconduct in Charge (5)