Rowntree, Bruce Elliott
Allegation / charges
The findings in Commission of Taxation v Rowntree [2020] FCA 1322, and the orders made in Commission of Taxation v Rowntree (No 3) [2021] FCA 306; The failure to disclose those proceedings in practising certificate applications dated 16 August 2021 and 17 May 2022; The failure to advise the Law Society of his bankruptcy in September 2021; — The Australian lawyer is not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The decision concerned an Australian lawyer, Rowntree, in relation to adverse findings in Commission of Taxation v Rowntree tax proceedings, his failure to disclose those proceedings in two practising certificate applications (2021 and 2022), and his failure to advise the Law Society of his September 2021 bankruptcy. The tribunal concluded that he is not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate. No express finding of dishonesty and no fine or costs figures are stated in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=edc76a05-fb35-48e6-9ca1-61bf51d18102