Darams SC, Jamie Shannon
Allegation / charges
On 7 December 2023, during a work Christmas function at a hotel in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Mr Darams SC engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct in that he engaged in the unwanted touching of a female solicitor (KE) as follows: (a) by running his hand along KE’s body from the top of her back to down past her backside, while they were both standing; and (b) shortly afterwards, KE sat on a stool at a tall bar table where Mr Darams SC and some of her colleagues were gathered. Mr Darams SC was standing next to KE. He then ran his hand along KE’s leg from her thigh to her knee. In doing so, his hand was underneath the table. KE moved her leg. He then ran his hand along KE’s leg from her thigh to her knee on two further occasions. KE pushed his hand away on these two latter occasions. — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Mr Darams SC was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct arising from the unwanted touching of a female solicitor (KE) during a work Christmas function on 7 December 2023, involving running his hand along her back and backside and repeatedly touching her leg despite her pushing his hand away. No express finding of dishonesty was made and the provided text does not state the specific sanction, fines or costs.
Duties found breached:
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=c935d02c-33a9-490a-b551-985242e76703