A tribunal has found prominent barrister Charles Waterstreet guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for sexually harassing three women, but declined to find he was unfit to practice after accepting expert evidence that undiagnosed mental illness “was the dominant causal factor” behind his actions.
A lawyer accused of wrongfully using information obtained via subpoena in a family law case has been hit with a $2,000 fine by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, after he chose to appeal a reprimand from the NSW Law Society.
A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million to fund lavish purchases, including an extensive art collection, has been referred to police and suspended by an association for Australian restructuring professionals.
A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million has agreed to court orders that he repay the money and hand over title to all assets — including almost 100 works of art — purchased with the alleged misappropriated funds.
Deloitte has secured a freezing order on the assets and bank accounts of a director accused of stealing funds from the consulting giant, in what a judge has described as an alleged “remarkable fraud”.