Past disciplinary findings

Nicholas Gerard Hugh Barnes, a barrister, acted without integrity, in that he failed to file on time his self-assessment tax returns for the tax years ended 5 April 2019, 5 April 2020 and/or 5 April 2021.



Nicholas Gerard Hugh Barnes, a barrister, failed to take reasonable steps to manage his practice competently and in such a way as to achieve compliance with his legal and regulatory obligations and/or failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that his practice was efficiently and properly administered, in that he failed to file on time his self-assessment tax returns for the tax years ended 5 April 2019, 5 April 2020 and/or 5 April 2021.



Nicholas Gerard Hugh Barnes, a barrister, behaved in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that he failed to file on time his self-assessment tax returns for the tax years ended 5 April 2019, 5 April 2020 and/or 5 April 2021.



Nicholas Gerard Hugh Barnes, a barrister, failed to take reasonable steps to manage his practice competently and in such a way as to achieve compliance with his legal and regulatory obligations and/or failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that his practice was efficiently and properly administered, in that he failed to pay promptly and/or at all the liabilities outstanding on his self-assessment statement for the six years ended 5 April 2024, which total approximately £279,934.02.



Nicholas Gerard Hugh Barnes, a barrister, behaved in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that he failed to pay promptly and/or at all the liabilities outstanding on his self-assessment statement for the six years ended 5 April 2024, which total approximately £279,934.02.