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Struck-off NSW lawyer robbed $470k from clients
An NSW lawyer who stole over $470,000 from clients has been removed from the roll of legal
10 September 2024
By Naomi Neilson
‘F--k off’: Lawyer facing strike-off stuns tribunal
Pictures of middle fingers, all-capped profanity, and bizarre threats to take things to the “nth degree” were all...
13 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
‘Dodgy’ Kings Cross lawyer struck off over drug money conspiracy
The “arrogant” Kings Cross lawyer jailed for dishing out legal advice to a criminal group in an effort to recover...
09 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister to be struck from roll for engaging in legal practice
A barrister’s name will be removed from the roll of practitioners for ignoring several orders not to engage in legal...
23 April 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Poachings, a rate pause and a strike-off: What’s hot in law this week (31 Jul–4 Aug)
The start of August has seen a string of team poachings across the BigLaw firms, while various court cases also caught...
05 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lawyer convicted of misappropriating almost $1m in client funds struck off
A sole principal, who was sentenced to more than two years’ imprisonment for misappropriating nearly $1 million held...
25 January 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Convicted lawyer who transferred over $9m of client money to fund gambling addiction struck off
A former Atanaskovic Hartnell lawyer, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment following conviction on six counts of...
13 April 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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