Peter Barnett

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

Peter Barnett, an unregistered barrister, committed fare evasion between April 2012 and November 2014 by dishonestly representing at Marylebone Station that he had travelled only one stop. He was convicted on 30 September 2015 of six counts of fraud by misrepresentation, sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £5892 compensation. He also failed to promptly report his charge to the BSB. The Disciplinary Tribunal found dishonesty and disbarred him.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• Self-report to the regulator

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal conviction for six offences of fraud by misrepresentation
• Sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months
• Failure to report the charge to the BSB