11 December 2024
Former chair of the Criminal Bar Association Jo Sidhu KC, who led the 2022 criminal barrister strikes, has been found guilty of professional misconduct by the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service panel.
Three out of 15 allegations were found proven, relating to ‘inappropriate and unwanted’ behaviour when he invited a woman on a mini-pupillage to his hotel room. Allegations concerning a further two young women were either struck out or dismissed.
Bar chair Sam Townend KC said: ‘The type of behaviour described by the tribunal is completely unacceptable at the Bar. Even though the tribunal found some aspects did not constitute professional misconduct, they found the behaviours to be reprehensible.’
