Anthony David Davis

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

Mr Davis, a duty solicitor born 1943 (admitted 1980), was alleged to have made six inappropriate/unwanted comments to two female police officers at Coventry Police Station on 16 August 2023, in breach of Principles 2, 5 and 6 and Paragraph 1.5 of the Code. The SRA withdrew contentions that certain comments were sexually motivated. The Tribunal found comments 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 (wives, kiss of life, being stopped by police) were not inappropriate. It found comments 1.4 (soup on crotch), 1.5 (eating human flesh) and 1.6 (boyfriend/violent alcoholic) were inappropriate but, applying Dentons v SRA, not sufficiently serious to constitute professional misconduct. It also held the police officers were not 'colleagues' for Paragraph 1.5. No breaches were proven and all allegations were dismissed. Mr Davis's application for £10,000 (loss of income and £1,000 for KC advice on a police station ban) was refused as it was really a claim for compensation, over which the Tribunal had no jurisdiction; no order as to costs was made.