Tweet Update, 22 October 2010: To similar effect is Legal Services Commissioner v SJO [2010] VCAT 1686. There, a depressed solicitor in her mid-60s with a string of previous disciplinary findings, was found to have engaged in professional misconduct in practising without a practising certificate. The solicitor’s is a sorry tale: doctor husband developed psychosis [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Suspension'
Depressed serial non-responder not to practise on own account until 2013
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Discipline · mental illness · Misconduct · Suspension
NSW suspends corrupt lawyer after raid on home
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Tweet An ICAC enquiry resulted in a finding that a senior lawyer at NSW Maritime was corrupt following Operation Vargus: their report is here. That agency oversees marine safety and strategy in all things to do with the sea for the State Government. Tonette Kelly was moonlighting, working a 100 client, $120,000 a year private [...]
Tags: conflicts · duty and interest · Ethics · Suspension
