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Bryan McNaught

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Inner Temple
DateThursday 24 October 2013
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

Bryan McNaught (called 2001) was found to have engaged in dishonest conduct contrary to paragraph 301(a)(i). Between April 2003 and April 2009 he engaged in fraud and deception, convicted at Cardiff Crown Court on 24 January 2011 of multiple counts (two of obtaining services by deception, seven of obtaining a money transfer by deception, one of using a false instrument, one of attempting to evade liability by deception, and four of fraud) and sentenced to 36 months imprisonment. On 2 March 2012 he was convicted of two counts of fraud by abuse of position and one count of converting criminal property, sentenced on 19 April 2012 to 15 months concurrent. The tribunal disbarred him.

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/