Disciplinary Record - Philip John Bingham

Philip Bingham, a barrister, failed to comply in due time with a sentence imposed by a Disciplinary Tribunal on 22 June 2009, pursuant to the Disciplinary Tribunal Regulations 2009 that he complete the outstanding Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for 2007 by 22 March 2010, in that he failed to complete the outstanding CPD hours for 2007 and/or failed to submit details of the CPD undertaken by him for 2007 on the prescribed form by 22 March 2010 or at all, contrary to paragraph 905(f) of the Code of Conduct.

Philip Bingham failed to respond promptly to requests from the Bar Standards Board for comments or information on a complaint, in that he failed to respond to letters sent to him by the Bar Standards Board dated 7 June 2010 and 30 June 2010, such failure being serious as to amount to professional misconduct by virtue of its combination with another failure to comply with the Code (being the failure which is the subject of the first charge) and by virtue of a previous failure by Philip Bingham to comply with the same provision of the Code of Conduct, namely paragraph 905(d), which failure was found proved at a Disciplinary Tribunal hearing on 22 June 2009.