Past disciplinary findings

Ms Colette Louise Chesters, an unregistered barrister, behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in her or the profession, contrary to Core Duty 5 in that on 21 October 2019, when suspected of having driven a vehicle and having been required to provide a specimen of breath for analysis in the course of an investigation into whether she had committed an offence under section 3A, 4, 5 or 5A failed to provide the specimen without a reasonable excuse to do so, contrary to section 7(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. Ms Chesters was found guilty and convicted of this offence at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on 14 June 2021 and was sentenced to 18 months of disqualification from driving and a £300 fine.

Ms Colette Louise Chesters, an unregistered barrister, behaved in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine her integrity in that, when suspected of having driven a vehicle and having been required to provide a specimen of breath for analysis in the course of an investigation into whether she had committed an offence under section 3A, 4, 5 or 5A failed to provide the specimen without a reasonable excuse to do so, contrary to section 7(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. Ms Chesters was found guilty and convicted of this offence at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on 14 June 2021 and was sentenced to 18 months of disqualification from driving and a £300 fine.

Ms Colette Louise Chesters, an unregistered barrister, failed between 15 June 2021 and 27 June 2024, to report promptly to the Bar Standards Board, that she was the subject of a criminal conviction which was not a minor criminal offence, as described in the Certificate of Conviction of Wimbledon Magistrates Court dated 14 June 2021.