Disciplinary Record

James Martin Howard

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Barrister Status:
Self Employed
Called:

Jul 2018
Inn:

Middle Temple
Hearing type:
Determination By Consent
Decision date
26/03/2024
Breach details:
Professional Misconduct contrary to rC8 (integrity only) and Core Duty 5 of the Code of Conduct (Part 2 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook Version 4.6)
Offence details:

James Howard, a barrister and BSB regulated individual, behaved in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that, on 19 September 2023 he drove a motor vehicle in a public place after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, namely 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit, for which he was convicted of an offence under section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on 20 October 2023.
James Howard, a barrister and BSB regulated individual, behaved in a way which lacked integrity, in that, on 19 September 2023 he drove a motor vehicle in a public place after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, namely 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit, for which he was convicted of an offence under section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on 20 October 2023.

Sanction:
Fined in the sum of £2000
Status:

Final

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