Chrysanthou SC, Sue (Theognosia)
Allegation / charges
Accepted a brief, and continued to advise and appear in proceedings for a client in circumstances where: 1. she had received information that was confidential to a former client; 2. she had received information (whether confidential or not) from a former client, or about a former client, which may be used for her client’s advantage in defamation proceedings, to the detriment of and in conflict with her former client’s interests; 3. she was on notice that her former client considered that she held information that was confidential to her and that her continuing to act was in conflict with her former client’s interest; 4. she was on notice that her former client did not consent to her acting for her client; 5. she was on notice that there was a possibility that her former client may be a witness in her client’s proceedings. — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
A barrister accepted a brief and continued to advise and appear for a client in defamation proceedings despite holding confidential information about a former client, being on notice that the former client objected, did not consent, and might be a witness. The conduct was found to amount to unsatisfactory professional conduct. No dishonesty was found and no sanction details are stated in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
No documents recorded.
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=17aa8738-5368-4c06-af54-32dd83879c1b