The Full Bench of the Supreme Court of Western Australia ordered the removal of a legal practitioner from the roll of practitioners following eleven findings of professional misconduct by the State Administrative Tribunal, involving persistent and extensive dishonesty in trust account management, dealings with Legal Aid, and misleading conduct before the Tribunal itself. The Court held that the practitioner's deliberate, persistent, and extensive dishonesty — including 106 unauthorised trust withdrawals, backdating invoices to deceive an external examiner and investigator, acting under legal aid grants without panel membership, and filing a false response in Tribunal proceedings — demonstrated she was not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll. The application was unopposed.
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