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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 was found to have engaged in dishonest conduct contrary to paragraph 301(a)(i) of the Code of Conduct. He was convicted at Cardiff Crown Court in January 2011 (on his own confession) of multiple counts of obtaining services and money transfers by deception, using a false instrument, attempting to evade liability, and fraud, and sentenced to 36 months' imprisonment. In March 2012 he was further convicted of two counts of fraud by abuse of position and one count of converting criminal property, sentenced to 15 months concurrent. The Disciplinary 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/