Oliver White

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

Oliver White, a barrister, accepted and/or carried out direct access (public access) instructions while prohibited from doing so by a Disciplinary Tribunal order dated 3 June 2015 (a six-month prohibition effective from 26 June 2015), acting as Counsel for two lay clients in a County Court matter and conducting a preliminary conference between 15 July and 3 August 2015. He also failed to provide the BSB with his written comments on the complaint despite repeated requests. The Tribunal found breaches relating to honesty and integrity, diminishing public trust, and failure to provide information to the regulator. Although the charge referenced failing to act with honesty and integrity, no express finding of dishonesty is stated. He was suspended for 18 months (Charges 1 and 2) with a concurrent 6-month suspension for Charge 3.

Duties found breached:

• Competence