Ian Millard
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
DateThursday 27 October 2016
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo
Ian Millard, an unregistered barrister who had identified himself as a barrister on Twitter, posted seven seriously offensive tweets in November 2014 containing antisemitic, racist and otherwise offensive content (including a swastika image and various racial and religious slurs). The 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found these breached Core Duty 5 as likely to diminish public trust and confidence in him and in the profession, and disbarred him. Decision final.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/