Mr Kwaku Boateng
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View recordMr. Kwaku Boateng engaged in conduct which was dishonest or otherwise discreditable to a barrister, contrary to paragraph 301(a)(i) of the Code of Conduct in that on 16 February 2010 he was convicted, in the Crown Court at Southwark, on his own admission, of 5 counts of providing immigration advice when not qualified to do so contrary to section 91 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
And was on the 16 February 2010 sentenced to a total sentence of 6 months imprisonment suspended for 24 months on a suspended sentence and ordered to pay compensation in the sum of ?1050.
Mr. Kwaku Boateng engaged in conduct which was likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession contrary to paragraph 301(a)(iii) of the Code of Conduct in that on 16 February 2010 he was convicted, in the Crown Court at Southwark, on his own admission, of 5 counts of providing immigration advice when not qualified to do so contrary to section 91 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
And was on the 16 February 2010 sentenced to a total sentence of 6 months imprisonment suspended for 24 months on a suspended sentence and ordered to pay compensation in the sum of ?1050.
Kwaku Boateng failed to report promptly to the Bar Standards Board that on 16 February 2010 he had been convicted, on his own admission, of a relevant criminal offence as defined in Part 10 of the Code of Conduct, such failure being contrary to paragraph 905 (b) (iii) of the Code of Conduct. Such criminal offence being 5 counts of providing immigration advice when not qualified to do so.
