Gabriele Giambrone
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
Hearing5 Person Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionFine
FineGBP 50,000
CostsGBP 4,488
Dishonesty foundNo
Duties found breached:
- Proper basis for allegations
- Not mislead third parties or opponents
- Advise on alternatives, settlement and outcome
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
Aggravating factors:
- Multiple (five) overlapping charges of misconduct
- Deliberate omissions that were misleading
- Prior regulatory history including SRA removal of registration and findings lacking frankness
Mitigating factors:
- Respondent admitted all remaining charges
- Apologised for the omissions
- Explanation that he believed prior disclosure to the Inn meant no need to repeat in the Call Declaration
- Character references submitted on his behalf
- Dishonesty was expressly not alleged by the BSB
Panel
His Honour James Meston KC (Chair); Ms Monica Stevenson; Mr Alexander Horne; Ms Claire Cheetham; Ms Janine Green
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/