The barristers listed below are currently suspended, having given an undertaking or following an order from an Interim Suspension Panel.
Called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in March 2010.
Following an undertaking given by Mr Little on 14 December 2018, Mr Little is suspended from his practice as a barrister pending a hearing before a Disciplinary Tribunal. Mr Little is appealing the conviction that he received on 10 April 2018 and in the event that the conviction is set aside, the undertaking will cease 7 clear days after the BSB have been notified of the outcome in writing.
Date undertaking is effective from - 14 December 2018
Following an undertaking Mr Rasib Ghaffar is suspended from his practice as a barrister and carrying out public access work until such date as a Disciplinary Tribunal have disposed of the charges that prompted his referral to an Interim Panel or such as a Disciplinary Tribunal shall otherwise direct.
Date undertaking is effective from – 11 March 2024
Following an agreed order approved by an Interim Suspension Panel on 2 December 2024, Mr Hamish William Hickey is suspended from practice as a barrister and is prohibited from holding himself out as a barrister, pending the decision of the Interim Suspension Panel at an adjourned hearing which is to be listed on the next available date, and will decide whether the suspension should remain in place whilst the enforcement process takes place.
Date suspension is effective from: 8 November 2024.
Following an order by an Interim Panel on 5 November 2025, Mr Kannan Saravanapavaananthan Siva is to carry out his practice as a barrister in accordance with the undertaking given at the Interim Panel hearing and the interim conditions imposed by the Panel, pending the conclusion of the criminal proceedings he faces on any basis other than a conviction, and otherwise until further agreement with the BSB or decision of an Interim Panel.
The undertaking given by Mr Siva is as follows:
- To inform his professional clients and through them his lay clients (and any employer who might wish to employ him as an in house barrister) about the matters leading to the referral.
- Not to accept or carry out any Public Access Instructions.
The conditions imposed by the Panel are as follows:
- To carry out no criminal prosecution work of any nature.
- To carry out no criminal defence work which relates to sexual offences.
- To act only for male defendants.
- Not to attend any Chambers at which Mr Siva is a tenant but only to operate his practice remotely.
- Not to attend any social events hosted by Chambers.
Date undertaking is effective from: 05 November 2025.
You can find barristers who have had their Practising Certificate suspended for a period by a Disciplinary Tribunal on the Barristers’ Register and Disciplinary Findings database.
