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Solicitor dumped from roll for Bandidos-related crimes
A former Legal Aid solicitor convicted of several offences in connection with her Bandidos boyfriend has been struck...
28 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Prison threat for solicitor who must remove own name from roll
A lawyer found guilty of criminal contempt was given a one-year suspended sentence on the condition he “promptly...
18 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Sole practitioner struck off for taking $100k in trust money
A sole practitioner who stole more than $100,000 in trust funds and billed for work he never did has been struck off...
17 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer’s lies to regulator upgrades suspension to strike-off
A West Australian practitioner who acted for both the employee and employer in a termination dispute could have avoided...
16 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘I took it all’: Solicitor struck off over $483k theft from trust account
On top of a four-year term of imprisonment, an NSW lawyer has been struck off for stealing more than $480,000 from his...
07 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister struck from roll over claims ‘of most serious kind’ against solicitor
A barrister who once accused a tribunal member of “staring at him” and tried to have an entire bench recused has...
20 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Jailed lawyer struck off roll for gambling client’s money
A principal lawyer jailed for his “weekly gambling trips” with more than $1.7 million in client funds has been...
25 November 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
Jailed SA magistrate who conspired with solicitor struck from roll
A former South Australian magistrate was removed from the roll of practitioners four years after he served at least 12...
26 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Adelaide lawyer’s ‘incompetence’ stuns disciplinary committee
Despite being reassured time and again that his matter “was in hand”, an Adelaide business owner’s matter was...
12 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WA criminal lawyer booted from roll for conspiracy to pervert course of justice
A West Australian criminal lawyer was struck from the roll of legal practitioners for conspiring to pervert the course...
11 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Jailed lawyer who ‘robbed Peter to pay Paul’ struck off
A senior lawyer jailed for taking over $2 million during an elaborate misappropriation scheme has been removed from the...
18 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
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
Canberra solicitor who employed a disqualified lawyer reprimanded, fined $8k
An ACT-based solicitor has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct, fined $8,000 and reprimanded after...
01 February 2023
By Lauren Croft
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
Former lawyer struck off roll following years of lies and dishonest conduct
A former lawyer has been removed from the ACT roll by the Full Court, after several complaints about his conduct...
30 November 2022
By Lauren Croft
‘Dishonest and disgraceful’: Hobart solicitor ordered to repay over $14k to clients
The Supreme Court of Tasmania has ordered a Hobart-based solicitor to pay over $40,000 in repayments and legal fees...
08 September 2022
By Lauren Croft
‘No order short of strike-off would be appropriate’
Despite a “lengthy and commendable history” in law, a South Australia-based lawyer with an “extensive history of...
08 August 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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