Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal

Penalised lawyer should have faced bigger investigation, client says

A client who says his lawyer wronged him has complained that the legal disciplinary committee only referred one part of...

27 May 2025

By Naomi Neilson

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

WA solicitor banned from practice for ‘grossly careless’ submissions

A criminal solicitor who conned his client and the court out of costs has been banned from practising for seven...

28 January 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

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

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

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