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John Raman

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Lincoln's Inn
DateMonday 29 April 2013
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo

John Raman engaged in conduct discreditable to a barrister. In or about December 2006 and January 2007 he caused or incited a male child under 16 to engage in sexual activity and engaged in sexual activity with a male child under 16. He was tried and convicted at Blackfriars Crown Court of two offences contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 on 22 June 2011 and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment on 6 September 2011. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal disbarred him on 29 April 2013.

Duties found breached:

Panel

Mrs Sara Carnegie nee Worrall; 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/