Decision record
Chandra Sekar
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Gray's Inn
Hearing3 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
Appealopen to appeal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo
Chandra Sekar, called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in March 1996, was charged with professional misconduct under Core Duties 1 and 5 and rules rC3.2 and rC3.3 of the BSB Handbook, relating to failing to observe his duty to the court, behaving in a way likely to diminish public trust, abusing his advocate role and wasting the court's time. The provided extract sets out only the charges and does not record any findings or sanction.
Duties found breached:
Panel
Mr Tom Cosgrove KC (Chair); Mr Kane Simons; Ms Claire Cheetham
Duties engaged
- Overriding duty to the court
- Not mislead the court
- Disclose adverse law to the court
- No abuse of process or coercive powers
- Avoid wasting the court's time
- Comply with and respect court orders
- Professional independence
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Act in the client's best interests
- Serve justice and improve the law
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/