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Oliver White

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionSuspension
Suspension18 months
Dishonesty foundNo

Oliver White, a barrister, carried out direct access work as counsel for 2 lay clients while prohibited from doing so by a Disciplinary Tribunal order dated 3 June 2015. He also failed to provide written comments to the BSB despite repeated requests. He was found in breach of Core Duties 3, 5 and 9. He received 18 months suspension for charges 1 and 2, and 6 months for charge 3 to run concurrently. Although the charge referenced failing to act with 'honesty and integrity', no express dishonesty finding is stated.

Duties found breached:

Panel

His Honour Glenn Brasse (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley; His Honour Nicholas Ainley

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2015-06-17 · BTAS · England & Wales
  • Decision · BTAS · England & Wales

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Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/