Decision record
Peter Wareing
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Peter Wareing, an unregistered barrister whose practising certificate was suspended from 19 July 2021 to 18 January 2022, continued to accept instructions and practise as a barrister across several court matters, holding himself out as a practising barrister (using chambers email, failing to disclose his suspension, maintaining online profiles) and carrying out reserved legal activities including exercising rights of audience. The dishonesty charge (Charge 1) was dismissed, as was Charge 5. Charges 2 (lack of integrity), 3 (diminishing public trust), 4 (unqualified public access work) and 6 (unauthorised reserved legal activities) were proved. He was disbarred, with suspension of practice rights pending appeal from 10 May 2024, and ordered to pay costs of £12,003.60 to the BSB.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour James Meston KC (Chair); Ms Sirah Abraham; Mr Alexander Horne; Mr Vince Cullen; Mr Kenneth Cameron
Duties engaged
- Overriding duty to the court
- Comply with and respect court orders
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Firm governance, systems and compliance
- Cooperate openly with regulators
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
- Serve justice and improve the law
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