Dorairaj v The Bar Standards Board [2017] EWHC 2762 (Admin)

The Appellant was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn on 24 November 2011. She is an unregistered (i.e. non-practising) barrister.

In the early hours of 14 February 2015, she was arrested at a night club in Cardiff having been captured on CCTV picking up another customer’s unattended purse and placing it in her pocket before attempting to leave the premises. She was taken to Cardiff Bay Police Station, where she was released on bail. In the event, she was not prosecuted. On 16 February 2015, she was dealt with by way of a Community Resolution under which, having accepted responsibility for the offence, she agreed to participate in the Women’s Pathfinder Diversion Scheme.

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