Past disciplinary findings

John Stenhouse, a barrister and regulated individual, behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession and acted in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine his integrity, in that, between 15 February 2023 and 23 May 2023, Mr Stenhouse sent to the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) (Tax Chamber) official email correspondence an a reply to submission of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
(“HMRC”) set out in Schedule A in which he:

(a) Made unfounded and serious allegations of misconduct in public office against a member of the FTT’s staff (Mr Fairweather) and an officer of HMRC (Mr O’Shea), namely that they had secretly conspired to wrongfully bring about the end of his (Mr Stenhouse’s) FTT appeal;
(b) Made an unfounded and serious allegation of misconduct in public office against the President of the FTT (Tax Chamber), namely that he covered up the alleged misconduct of Mr Fairweather and Mr O’Shea;