Stephen Crouch

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

Stephen Crouch, a barrister called in 1982, provided incorrect legal advice to a lay client regarding the mens rea for attempted murder, leading the client to plead guilty when the correct plea would have been not guilty. His error was identified at the client's appeal by Sir Brian Leveson. He subsequently failed to report the serious misconduct to the BSB and failed to respond to BSB correspondence. He was disbarred and fined £200 and £500.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Handle inadvertently received material
• Report serious misconduct of others

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=700"]