Victor Adiamah

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

Mr Victor Adiamah faced three charges before a BSB Disciplinary Tribunal chaired by Judge Greenwood. He denied all three. Charge 1 was dismissed/not proved; Charges 2 and 3 were found proven (Charge 2 under Rule rC8 of the BSB Handbook; Charge 3 to the criminal standard). The matter arose from a personal injury County Court claim in which a judge had made a finding of fundamental dishonesty against him. The Tribunal imposed a suspension and ordered costs of £2,000, allowing 6 months to pay. The Tribunal did not make an express finding of dishonesty in the disciplinary proceedings; Charge 2 was characterised as a 'perception' offence.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Mitigating factors:

• Charge 2 was a 'perception' offence concerning conduct that could reasonably be seen to diminish public trust rather than actual misconduct of a more serious nature