Where a practitioner's non-disclosure in their admission application is subsequently discovered, the Court may review the admission under its inherent jurisdiction but will not revoke it where the non-disclosure is satisfactorily explained (here, by corroborated evidence of memory loss from head injury), the practitioner has taken prompt remedial steps, and has demonstrated fitness since admission. A practitioner who discovers such non-disclosure has a positive obligation to bring the matter to the Court's attention. The Legal Services Commissioner may bring the matter before the Court under s 590 of the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) by applying for the Court to make such order as it thinks fit.
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