Nicholas James Bohun

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

Mr Bohun, a solicitor admitted in 2010, was convicted of driving with excess alcohol (30 Jan 2020, at 306mg/100ml, receiving a suspended sentence) and of driving whilst disqualified and without insurance (12 Oct 2020, receiving 8 weeks custody). He failed to notify the SRA of the driving whilst disqualified offence, and made three misleading/inaccurate statements to his employer (Rubin Lewis O'Brien LLP) and the SRA concerning his driving licence application and his employer's knowledge of his convictions and the SRA investigation. The Tribunal, hearing the matter in his absence, found all allegations proved including express findings of dishonesty (breach of Principle 4) in respect of allegation 1.4. Given the dishonesty and absence of exceptional circumstances, the only proportionate sanction was to strike him off the Roll, with costs of £6,173.

Duties found breached:

• No abuse of process or coercive powers
• Honesty
• Integrity
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Self-report to the regulator

Aggravating factors:

• Proven dishonesty
• Deliberate and repeated conduct
• Sought to conceal failure to disclose convictions and ongoing SRA investigation
• Blamed Person 1 and sought to abrogate responsibility to the police
• Committed further driving offence just 17 days after prior conviction while suspended sentence in place
• Exceptionally high level of alcohol (306mg/100ml)

Mitigating factors:

• Previously unblemished career