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discipline 3 October 2026
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Nicholas Barnes

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Inner Temple
Hearing3 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealConvened

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The document sets out charges against Nicholas Barnes (called 2009, Inner Temple) alleging professional misconduct under multiple Core Duties and rules of the BSB Handbook, including acting without integrity, failing to manage his practice competently, and behaving in a way likely to diminish public trust. The text provided contains only the charges and does not state the tribunal's findings, whether dishonesty was found, or any sanction imposed.

Duties found breached:

Panel

Mr Geoffrey Williams KC (Chair); Mr Mani Singh Basi; Ms Melissa West

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/