The UK Law Gazette reports
A male barrister who made numerous sexual comments to a female mini pupil has been suspended for six months – after being fined for inappropriate drunken behaviour towards a pupil in 2018.
Robert Kearney, called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1996, was found to have engaged in ‘inappropriate behaviour of a sexual nature’ over the course of a three-day mini pupillage in 2015. He was in a position of trust at the time.
According to a finding by the Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS), Kearney made seven comments to the female mini pupil, including asking what her bra size was. He also leaned in to the mini pupil when they were alone in a lift, smelt her neck and asked what perfume she was wearing.
