Glen Koh

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

Glen Koh, an unregistered barrister, faced two charges of professional misconduct for failing to pay a £7,500 fine imposed by a Disciplinary Tribunal in November 2019, between 20 December 2019 and 21 January 2021. Both charges were found proven. The Panel found that the failure to comply was culpable (wilful or seriously negligent), that Koh had failed to provide the BSB with adequate financial information to support his claim of inability to pay and had failed to co-operate, and that this conduct was likely to diminish public trust in the profession and regulator. No dishonesty was found. Given the outstanding unpaid fine and enforcement difficulties, no further financial penalty was imposed; instead he was reprimanded and given a 6-month suspension (concurrent on each charge), preventing him from applying for a practising certificate. He was ordered to pay £3,000 costs (including VAT).

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Lengthy lack of co-operation with the BSB and attitude in correspondence responding to requests
• Previous disciplinary record
• Lack of insight

Mitigating factors:

• Asserted impecuniosity (low monthly income of around 3000 Singapore dollars)
• Claimed health problems (no specifics relied upon)