Decision the Disciplinary Panel
Date of Decision: 9 July 2019
Case of: Patrick Banting
RICS Membership Number: 0101015
Location: London
The formal charge against Patrick Banting is:
1. Between 01 July 2014 and 30 September 2015 you were dishonest when you deliberately concealed payee details, in one or more of the following ways, in an attempt to misappropriate monies from your employer and/or its clients:
a. By way of an e-mail dated 17 September 2015, sent on behalf of your employer, you instructed a third party to pay the sum of £5,499.13 into a bank account held by The Society of St James, but you provided your personal bank account details for payment instead;
b. By way of an e-mail dated 9 December 2014, sent on behalf of your employer, you instructed a third party to pay the sum of £2,750 into a bank account held by Sandpiper Limited, but you provided your personal bank account details for payment instead;
c. By way of an e-mail chain dated 7 October 2014 to 17 December 2014, sent on behalf of your employer, you instructed a third party to pay the sum of £969.94 into a bank account held by Melanie Boyd, but you provided your personal bank account details for payment instead;
d. By way of an e-mail chain dated 30 June 2014 to 1 July 2014, sent on behalf of your employer, you instructed a third party to pay the sum of £8,522.20 into a bank account in the name of ‘High Wire Common Receipt Account’, but you provided your personal bank account details for payment instead;
e. On or around 10 August 2015, you provided your personal bank account details to Arthur Gallagher for him to pay to you the sum of £1036.99 when you knew that you were not entitled to those sums.
Contrary to Rule 3 of the Rules of Conduct for Members 2007.
Finding: Proved
Sanction: Expelled
The Disciplinary Panel also made an order to costs.