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Lawyer reprimanded for telling mourning widow his wife was negligent
A reprimand was handed to a solicitor who made an unfounded allegation to a widower that his late wife, also a lawyer,...
12 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Penalty to come for solicitor who misled Legal Aid
The West Australian branch of Legal Aid alleged it was at a detriment after a solicitor overcharged and lied in...
30 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister facing suspension accused of tax failures
A West Australian barrister fighting to hold onto her practising certificate has been accused of failing to comply with...
23 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer hits out at ex-wife with 50-plus complaints to Legal Practice Board
A legal practitioner in the midst of a parenting dispute with his ex-wife, also a lawyer, has been criticised for the...
28 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
WA barrister faces claims she practised without certificate
While facing allegations she worked without a practising certificate, a West Australian barrister convinced a tribunal...
09 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA lawyer hit with professional misconduct finding for mishandling appeal
A West Australian lawyer who strung a client along for two years and lied to a court to cover up his failures has been...
27 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Lying lawyer admits to professional misconduct
A West Australian lawyer was hit with a professional misconduct finding for lying to his clients and a
12 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA solicitor removed from roll after several suspensions
Following a “lengthy period” of misconduct, which included the mismanagement of client funds, a West Australian...
04 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA solicitor to face strike-off application in Supreme Court
The director of a West Perth firm has been suspended while he waits for the Supreme Court to decide if his name should...
11 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA lawyer cops reprimand for threatening, inaccurate letters
A West Australian lawyer was publicly reprimanded and handed a hefty fine for a number of offences, including sending a...
02 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Court spurns ‘misconceived’ complaints against 3 lawyers
A court threw out a lawyer’s “misconceived” complaints about two barristers and a principal who represented his...
26 June 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Perth lawyer reprimanded over threats to another practitioner
A former Perth lawyer has been publicly reprimanded for making a baseless accusation of misconduct against another...
17 June 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Perth barristers, principal go up against ‘misconceived’ accusations of deception
Two barristers and a principal have faced “misconceived and unreasonable” allegations they took on a case without...
05 June 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer’s name may be struck for ‘discourteous, threatening’ letters
A recommendation was made to strike the name of a West Australian lawyer from the roll for a number of misconduct...
27 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Gillian Anderson. Source: Francis Burt Chambers
Barrister suspended for kissing, texting family law judge
A West Australian counsel who had a “close personal relationship” with the judge presiding over her client’s...
13 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer reprimanded for conduct relating to uncle’s estate
A Perth lawyer was publicly reprimanded for repeatedly snubbing letters from a law firm about her uncle’s...
10 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Senior lawyer dumped from roll for taking credit for paralegal’s work
A Supreme Court ordered a lawyer to be removed from the roll after it was told he took credit for his paralegal’s...
09 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA solicitor reprimanded for estate misconduct
A West Australian solicitor was reprimanded and fined for misconduct in two estate matters, including for a failure to...
02 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Family lawyer told client to ‘ignore’ divorce hearing
A family lawyer was reprimanded for purposefully delaying divorce proceedings and advising his client to “ignore”...
29 April 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA silk named as District Court judge, 5 new State Administrative Tribunal members appointed
West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a senior counsel as the newest judge on the state’s...
23 April 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
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