Disciplinary Record - Peter Richard Collins

Mrs Alison Fisher

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Mr Godwin John Antoine Busuttil

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Mrs Pamela Varley

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His Honour Judge Philip Curl

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Mr Robert Andrew Sliwinski

Peter Collins, a self-employed Barrister, failed to act with honesty and integrity, in that between 6 January 2014 and 3 August 2016, he dishonestly failed to inform 4 King?s Bench Walk Chambers of the fees which he had received in respect of the 32 public access cases particularised in the List of Cases marked ?Schedule A? and he thereafter dishonestly failed to pay Chambers the total sum of ?4,236.00 which he was legally liable to pay to Chambers in respect of such fees.

Peter Collins failed to comply with the Public Access Rules between 6 January 2014 and 3 August 2016, when acting in his capacity as a self-employed barrister, supplied legal services in the 28 cases particularised in the List of Cases marked ?Schedule B?, which cases were public access work, in that Peter Collins, in accepting public access instructions in each of those 28 cases, did not forthwith notify each of his public access clients in those case in writing, and in clear and readily understandable terms, of any or all of the matters set out in rC125.1 to rC125.9, whether in a letter written in accordance with rC126 or otherwise.

No. Case Name Fee VAT Sum Due to Chambers (@21%)

2. 700.00 Nil 63.00

3. 750.00 Nil 157.50

4. 800.00 Nil 168.00

8. 250.00 50 52.50

9. 416.63 83.33 87.49

10. 625.00 125.00 131.25

12. 250.00 Nil 52.50

13. 575.00 115.00 120.75

15. 850.00 Nil 178.50

17. 450.00 Nil 94.50

20. 1200.00 Nil 252.00

23. 1500.00 Nil 315.00

24. 1500.00 Nil 315.00

30. 300.00 Nil 63.00

SCHEDULE B

2.

4. 800.00 Nil 168.00

9. 416.63 83.33 87.49

14. 350.00 Nil 73.50

15.

18. 400.00 Nil 84.00

23. 1500.00 Nil 315.00

26.

31. 250.00 Nil 52.50