A lawyer has been suspended from practising after the Bermuda Bar Council’s Disciplinary tribunal found that he failed to show competence and diligence.

According to an official notice in yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette, Braxton Philip was charged with “improper conduct”, breaching the Barristers’ Professional Code of Conduct on March 2, 2012.

The matter was said to involve his handling of the sale and purchase of a property for a complainant identified as “Mrs Bowen”.

The notice states: “On April 22, 2014, the Tribunal found Mr Philip guilty in respect of the second charge, which concerned failure to be competent, diligent and efficient in professional activities insofar as it would bring the profession of barrister into disrepute.”

Mr Philip was suspended from the practice of conveyancing work for two years and ordered to pay the complainant $9,266.25 — repayment of legal fees received by him — and pay the Bermuda Bar Association $2,500.

He appealed the decision, but the Court of Appeal dismissed this against both conviction and sentence.

Mr Philip was Called to the Bermuda Bar in 1998.