the Bar Standards Board<\/a> (BSB) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAt a magistrates\u2019 court in August 2022, Mr Wheetman showed the female client his own personal photography website, which included semi-nude images of women. He offered to take pictures of her, with the suggestion she would pose naked too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An independent tribunal on Tuesday ruled the comments were inappropriate and of a sexual nature. It said Mr Wheetman had acted in a way that was likely to diminish trust and confidence in the barrister\u2019s profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tribunal suspended Mr Wheetman from practising as a barrister for 24 months over the professional misconduct charges. He now has an opportunity to appeal the tribunal\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesman for the BSB said: \u201cInappropriate conduct of a sexualised nature is not something that the public should expect from members of the Bar and the decision to prevent Mr Wheetman from practising reflects the seriousness of his conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On his personal photography website, Mr Wheetman responded to the BSB\u2019s decision in offering a warning to all photographers who work in regulated professions about the risks of \u201cshowing any images from your portfolio to anybody in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Wheetman said: \u201cWhat may be viewed by some as an innocent discussion about your hobby or pastime, can so readily be interpreted by others as \u2018inappropriate comments and behaviour of a sexual nature\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The barrister\u2019s website contains a portfolio of dozens of photographs of women in various states of undress. It says: \u201cPhotography is my escape into an artistic world where I meet like-minded people, and work with creative, talented models \u2014 whatever their experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Wheetman, who was called to the bar at Middle Temple, has previously worked on an array of high profile cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a case at the Old Bailey, the barrister, who worked out of East Anglian Chambers in Chelmsford, Essex, successfully defended a lorry driver, charged with careless driving, who ran over and killed 26-year-old cyclist Janina Gehlau in 2014, while driving in central London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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