A barrister has been disbarred after a tribunal found he had sexual harassed two pupils and a person on a mini-pupillage.
Robert Michael Kearney, called by Inner Temple in 1996, was disbarred by a five-person panel after it found eight charges of professional misconduct proved and that his behaviour ‘constituted repeated misconduct’.
The charges by the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (BTAS) related to sexual harassment of two pupils and, separately, to a person on a mini pupillage. The tribunal ordered Kearney to be disbarred on both sets of proceedings.
The Bar Standards Board said the disciplinary hearing took place following remittal by the High Court. Earlier this year, Kearney successfully appealed a sanction imposed by a previous tribunal, which suspended him from practice for six months. ‘This followed separate disciplinary action for similar conduct,’ the BSB said.
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