Vanessa Tamara Gibson-Marks

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

Vanessa Gibson-Marks, a barrister, was convicted in St Vincent and the Grenadines on 14 October 2014 of theft of EC$21,925 from the High Court Mediation Programme and of an arbitrary act prejudicial to another's rights (requesting closure of a bank account), committed while she held the office of Registrar of the High Court. She also failed to report the convictions to the BSB. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found breaches of rC8, Core Duty 5, Core Duty 9 and rC65.2. She was disbarred and fined £500.

Duties found breached:

• Overriding duty to the court
• Prosecutorial duty of disclosure
• No improper use of client money
• Self-report to the regulator

Aggravating factors:

• Convictions committed while holding the Public Office of Registrar of the High Court
• Direct abuse of the authority of that Office
• Failure to report convictions to the BSB