A British barrister who was previously jailed three years for tax fraud has been disbarred.
According to The Law Society Gazette, a disciplinary tribunal handed down the order on October 28 in relation to the barristers offense of dodging £274,000 (about $447,000) in taxes.
Roberts, who previously worked for New Square Chambers before setting up his own practice, had admitted to tax fraud.
He was arrested in 2012 and convicted in 2014 for making a false statutory declaration and failing to declare his earnings or pay income tax, national insurance and VAT, the publication notes.
Roberts let New Square Chambers in 2007 and established his own practice specialising in insolvency.
In 2008, he was declared…
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