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Barrister found in contempt for repping sons without certificate, but spared conviction
Legal Ethics 2023-02-09 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Victorian barrister has been found guilty of contempt of court for representing her sons despite an order barring her from legal practice, but a judge dismissed a call by the legal watchdog to record a criminal conviction, saying the lawyer had not been deliberately defiant.

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Lawyer reprimanded for failing to pay barristers’ fees in ‘silly act of desperation’
Business of Law 2021-11-04 3:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Melbourne lawyer has been found guilty of 14 charges of professional misconduct for misappropriating trust funds and failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fees to seven barristers.

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