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Big Law 08 January 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonAdelaide lawyer struck off for $67k theft from family member

In just the five years he was in legal practice, an Adelaide lawyer stole tens of thousands of dollars from a family...

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SME Law 04 November 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonWA solicitor removed from roll after several suspensions

Following a “lengthy period” of misconduct, which included the mismanagement of client funds, a West Australian...

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Big Law 10 September 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonStruck-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 practitioners.

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Big Law 13 August 2024 ByNaomi 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...

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Big Law 09 August 2024 ByNaomi 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...

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Big Law 26 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonJailed 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...

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Big Law 08 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer who robbed chemist with ‘knife and acid’ to be struck from...

Wearing a baseball cap and a surgical mask, a Brisbane lawyer handed a pharmacist a note that said he had a “knife and...

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Big Law 27 May 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer’s name may be struck for ‘discourteous, threatening’...

A recommendation was made to strike the name of a West Australian lawyer from the roll for a number of misconduct...

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Big Law 26 March 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonSA solicitor struck off for ‘egregious’ misappropriation of trust...

A South Australian solicitor who took more than $30,000 meant for six barristers has been struck off the roll.

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The Bar 01 August 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyLawyer convicted of indecent treatment of a child struck off

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ordered that one of the state’s lawyers, who failed to report his...

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