Disciplinary Record

Claire Louise Thomas

Disbarment

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Barrister Status:
Unregistered
Called:

Jul 2008
Inn:

Gray's Inn
Hearing type:
Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)
Decision date
11/11/2024
Breach details:
Professional misconduct, contrary to Core Duty 5 and/or rC8 of the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales (9th Edition, Versions 3.0 - 4.5)
Offence details:

Claire Thomas, an unregistered barrister, behaved in a way likely to diminish the trust and confidence that the public places in her and/or the profession, and/or behaved in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine her honesty and integrity, when she presented inaccurate accounts of her symptoms which she knew to be false resulting from a Road Traffic Accident that occurred on 22 July 2016, to the Department of Work and Pensions, on more than one occasion, between July 2017 and November 2020.

Claire Thomas, an unregistered barrister, behaved in a way likely to diminish the trust and confidence that the public places in her and/or the profession, and/or behaved in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine her honesty and integrity, when she presented inaccurate accounts of her symptoms which she knew to be false resulting from a Road Traffic Accident that occurred on 22 July 2016, to medical experts instructed in her civil claim for personal injury, on more than one occasion, between August 2019 and July 2020.

Claire Thomas, an unregistered barrister, behaved in a way likely to diminish the trust and confidence that the public places in her and/or the profession, and/or behaved in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine her honesty and integrity, when she was dishonest about her symptoms in a civil claim for personal injury, that she brought for general and special damages arising out of a Road Traffic Accident that occurred on 22 July 2016, in the Cardiff County Court on 15 July 2019.

Sanction:
Disbarred (Sentence still to take effect) and prohibited from being issued with a practising certificate, pending any appeal.
Costs:
£¤600.00
Status:

Open to Appeal

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