Stephen Hourigan

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

Stephen Hourigan, a barrister, failed to pay fines and costs imposed by earlier Disciplinary Tribunals (totalling £2505 and £5167.50) by their due dates, and failed to respond promptly to BSB requests for information in early 2013. The 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal on 30 September 2013 suspended him from practice until all fines and costs were paid and fined him £1000, payable within 28 days. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Report serious misconduct of others
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report