Miss Kelly Jane Ameriqita Fernandez-Lee

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Barrister Status:
Self Employed
Called:
Nov 2002
Inn:
Middle Temple
Hearing type:
Disciplinary Tribunal (3 person)
Decision date
30/01/2024
Breach details:
Professional misconduct, contrary to Core Duty 5 and rC8 (integrity) of the Bar Standards Board Handbook (version 4.6).
Offence details:

Ms Kelly Fernandez-Lee, a barrister, behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in her or in the profession and did something which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine her integrity, in that, on 28 July 2022, she drove a motor vehicle on a road after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in her breath, namely 136 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit of 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. On 25 January 2023, she was convicted of an offence contrary to section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.


Ms Kelly Fernandez-Lee, a barrister, behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in her or in the profession and did something which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine her integrity, in that, on 28 July 2022, while driving a motor vehicle on a road, she failed to stop after an accident occurred whereby damage was caused to another vehicle. On 25 January 2023, she was convicted of an offence contrary to section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Sanction:
Reprimanded and fined in the sum of £10,000 (Sentence effective from 21 February 2024).
Costs:
£¤1,560.00
Status:
Final