Mr Michael Kwame Nkrumah
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View recordBarrister Status:
Self Employed
Hearing type:
Disciplinary Tribunal (3 person)
Decision date
13/12/2022
Breach details:
Professional Misconduct contrary to Core Duty 5 of the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales (9th Edition).
Offence details:
Mr Michael Kwame Nkrumah behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that, on 6 September 2020 he drove a motor vehicle in a public place after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, namely 86 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit of 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, for which he was convicted of an offence under section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 at Leicester and Rutland Magistrates’ Court on 7 January 2021.
