David Richards

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

David Richards, a barrister called by Inner Temple in July 1981, failed to report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board that bankruptcy proceedings had been initiated against him (petition dated 29 December 2009) and that a bankruptcy order was made against him on 12 April 2010. Between 12 April and 20 August 2010 he failed to co-operate with the Official Receiver, and on 20 August 2010 he failed to submit to his public examination. He also failed to respond promptly or at all to numerous BSB requests for comments or information between June 2010 and December 2011. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found these breaches and disbarred him on 23 May 2013.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• No taking unfair advantage
• Self-report to the regulator
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report