Disciplinary Record

Simon Howard McCann

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Barrister Status:
Self Employed
Called:

Nov 1996
Inn:

Gray's Inn
Hearing type:
Determination By Consent
Decision date
25/09/2023
Breach details:
Professional Misconduct contrary to Core Duty 5 and rC8 (integrity only) of the Code of Conduct (Part 2 of the Bar Standards Board Handbook Version 4.6)
Offence details:

Simon McCann, a barrister and BSB regulated individual, behaved in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public would place in him or in the profession, in that, on 13 October 2022 he drove a motor vehicle in a public place after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, namely 80 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 Manchester Magistrates Court on 25 January 2023.


Simon McCann, a barrister and BSB regulated individual, behaved in a way which lacked integrity, in that, on 13 October 2022 he drove a motor vehicle in a public place after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, namely 80 microgrammes 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 Manchester Magistrates Court on 25 January 2023.

Sanction:
Fined in the sum of £2,000.
Status:

Final
Determination by consent:

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