Past disciplinary findings

Mark Stevenson practised as a barrister having failed to complete the prescribed 12 hours Established Practitioners Programme and/or return the record card by 31 January 2006, contrary to the requirements of paragraph 202(b) of the Code of Conduct and Annex C of the Continuing Professional Development regulations and having been informed of the need to complete the hours in the letter of 20 February 2006 failed to take the necessary actions to cure the non-compliance and/or having failed to pay a financial penalty imposed on him on 17 October 2006 within the time limit prescribed namely on or before 14 November 2006.

Mark Stevenson having been given 28 days to pay a financial penalty of ?100 imposed on him on 17 October 2006 in accordance with paragraph 901.1, failed to pay the said financial penalty by the due date of 14 November 2006.

Mark Stevenson failed to respond promptly to requests from the Bar Standards Board for comments or information on a complaint, in that he failed to respond to letters sent to him by the Bar Standards Board dated 5 December 2006, 2 and 10 January 2007, such failure being, by virtue of its repetition and combination with another failure to comply with the Code (being the failures which are the subject of Charges 1, 2 and 4 in this Charge Sheet or any one or more of the said Charges), so serious as to be likely to bring the Bar into disrepute.

Mark Stevenson failed to respond promptly to a letter of notification, dated 31 May 2007, sent to him pursuant to rules 3 to 5 of the Summary Procedure Rules referred to at paragraph 903(c) of the Code, such failure being, by virtue of its repetition and combination with other failures to comply with the Code (being the failures which are the subject of Charges 1, 2 and 3 in this Charge Sheet or any one or more of the said Charges), so serious as to be likely to bring the Bar into disrepute.