Decision of the Disciplinary Panel
Date of Decision: 15 – 17 September 2025
Case of: Kevin Toombs
RICS Membership Number: 0059476
Location: Gloucestershire
The formal charges against Mr Toombs are:
1. Mr Kevin Toombs failed to avoid any actions or situations that were inconsistent with his professional obligations in that he failed to treat Mr Weerawardena with respect when sending him the following emails:
a) Email of 20 December 2021 which was condescending in tone and/or made threats to remove items of property or access to utilities and/or described Mr Weerawardena as operating like a free-range chicken and/or
b) Email of 24 December 2021 in which Mr Toombs suggested that he might cause chicken excrement to be deposited in Mr Weerawardena’s garden and/or sought to belittle or discriminate against Mr Weerawardena based on his ethnicity by reference to how deals are done in GB, by reference to the law in Sri Lanka and by reference to ‘your lots Arrogance’.
Contrary to Rule 3 of the Rules of Conduct for Members v 7 with effect from 2 March 2020.
Mr Toombs is therefore liable to disciplinary action under RICS Bye law 5.2.2(c).
2. Mr Toombs was convicted before the Crown Court at Bristol on 9 November 2023 of an offence of Racially Aggravated Harassment contrary to section 31(1)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; that offence being one which could result in a custodial sentence.
Mr Toombs is therefore liable to disciplinary action under RICS Bye-law 5.2.2(d).
3. Mr Toombs, on 8 February 2022, failed to treat Mr Weerawardena with respect by telling Mr Weerawardena to go back to where he came from and asking him to get a ticket and go back.
Contrary to Rule 4 of the Global Rules of Conduct with effect from 2 February 2022.
Mr Toombs is therefore liable to disciplinary action under RICS Bye-law 5.2.2(c).
Finding: Proved
Sanction: Expelled
Published date: 15 September 2025