Matthew Boyden

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

Matthew John Boyden, called to the Bar by Middle Temple in July 1983, faced disciplinary charges before a 5-person Bar Tribunal (Chair plus lay members Lakshmi Ramakrishnan and Paul Robb). The charges included conducting litigation/undertaking a reserved legal activity and/or practising as a barrister when not entitled, behaving in a way likely to diminish trust and confidence in the profession, professional misconduct, and failing to co-operate with his regulator/failing to promptly provide information to the BSB. The Respondent did not attend and was not represented; charges were deemed denied. The BSB was represented by Ms Gourley. The Tribunal unanimously found all charges proved. No express finding of dishonesty appears in the extracted text. The BSB applied for costs of £4,041.96, and the matter was referred to the Treasurer of Middle Temple.

Duties found breached:

• Cooperate openly with regulators
• No abuse of process or coercive powers
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• Uphold public trust in the profession