Disciplinary Record - Sanjay Roy

Barrister Status:

Disbarred

Called:

Oct 2011

Inn:

Inner Temple

Hearing type:

Disciplinary Tribunal (5 Person)

Tribunal panel members:

Mr Godwin John Antoine Busuttil

, 

His Honour Judge John Randolph Trevor Rylance

, 

Ms Lara Fielden

, 

Mr Robert John Walton KC

, 

Ms Satya Schofield

Decision date

17/02/2017

Breach details:

Professional misconduct contrary to paragraphs 301 and 901.7 of the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales (8th Edition) and Core Duty 5 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook (2nd Edition)

Offence details:

Sanjay Roy, a barrister, engaged in discreditable conduct in that between August 2013 and 5 January 2014, he pursued a course of conduct against his partner, causing her to fear on more than one occasion that violence would be used against her and in respect of which conduct on 19 July 2016 he was convicted at the Crown Court sitting at Nottingham after entering a plea of guilty to an offence of harassment with fear of violence contrary to section 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for which offence he was sentenced to a term of 18 months imprisonment suspended for two years and also made subject to a restraining order.

Sanjay Roy, a barrister, engaged in discreditable conduct in that between 6 January 2014 and September 2014, he pursued a course of conduct against his partner, causing her to fear on more than one occasion that violence would be used against her and in respect of which conduct on 19 July 2016 he was convicted at the Crown Court sitting at Nottingham after entering a plea of guilty to an offence of harassment with fear of violence contrary to section 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for which offence he was sentenced to a term of 18 months imprisonment suspended for two years and also made subject to a restraining order.

Sanction:

Disbarred – effective from 6 April 2017

Status:

Final