Ethics Committee
Executive: Sarah Richardson
Executive: Jasmine Conway
Co-Chair: James Hines KC– 3 Raymond Buildings
Co-Chair: Fenner Moeran KC– Wilberforce Chambers
Vice-Chair: Francis FitzGibbon KC– 23 Essex Street
Vice-Chair: Susan Grocott KC– Deans Court Chambers
Vice-Chair: Andrew Granville Stafford – 4 Kings Bench Walk
Members:
Caroline Carberry KC– Furnival Chambers
Cathryn McGahey KC– Temple Garden Chambers
Danny Robinson KC– 5 Kings Bench Walk
Deepak Nagpal KC– 1 Kings Bench Walk
Deshpal Panesar KC– Old Square Chambers
Edmund Vickers KC– Red Lion Chambers
John Battles KC – ITN
Nicholas Goodwin KC– Harcourt Chambers
Paul Mendelle KC– 25 Bedford Row
Richard Miller KC– Three New Square
Robert Weekes KC- Blackstone Chambers
Ruth Kirby KC- 4PB
Steven Gasztowicz KC– Cornerstone Barristers
Abigail Bright – Doughty Street Chambers
Brian Cahill – Barrister
Charlotte Reynolds – 12 Kings Bench Walk
Christopher Convey – 33 Chancery Lane
Darren Snow- Libertas Chambers
Hannah Smith- The General Pharmaceutical council
Martha Gray – Harcourt Chambers
Matthew Morrison – Serle Court
Mani Singh Basi – 4PB
Steven Bailey – Crown Prosecution Service
Susan Jones – Temple Gardens Chambers
Tony McDaid- no. 5 Chambers
Zeenat Begum- HM Courts and Tribunals Service
The Terms of Reference of the Committee are:
a. To keep under review the rules and guidance governing practice as a barrister and to develop proposals for submission to the BSB;
b. To respond to proposals from the BSB and other bodies in respect of the professional conduct and ethics of lawyers;
c. To guide and assist the Bar and other representative committees on issues of professional conduct and ethics, including through the ethical enquiries service;
d. To oversee the work of the ethical enquiries service;
e. To assist in responding to requests to the Bar Council (including from overseas) concerning the professional conduct and ethics of lawyers;
f. To support the strategic aims of the Bar Council, as published.
Chair: Christopher Convey
The Money Laundering and Sanctions Working Group advises the Bar on their professional obligations in relation to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and sanctions, and practical steps for mitigating these risks.
Terms of reference
- To provide analysis and commentary on current money laundering and sanctions issues to the Bar Council,
- Accordingly to monitor the work of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and other relevant bodies such as the Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) Money Laundering Committee,
- To take the lead on responding to consultations relating to money laundering and sanctions, and
- To review and update the Ethics Committee’s Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing guidance for the profession and to produce and keep up to date new sanctions related guidance.
Those seeking access to the Panel should contact [email protected]