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Joseph SC, Michael John

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionbarrister — Maurice Byers Chambers
Date02-May-2019
HearingCouncil of The New South Wales Bar Association
OutcomeReprimand $0.00 About ​ About the OLSC The Commissioner History Mission statement Structure Contact ​ Contact the OLSC Give us your feedback: online surveys Access to information (GIPAA) Community information ​ Information for lawyers Fact sheets FAQs Other regulatory and complaint-handling organisations Contact LawAccess NSW for legal information " You and Your Lawyer", Hot ​​Topics 78 Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of NSW​ , provides access to information about the law in NSW regarding your lawyer Privacy Copyright and Disclaimer Website accessibility

Allegation / charges

<p>Engaged in conduct towards a chambers junior that crossed a number of boundaries, and was otherwise discreditable to a barrister, and likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession or otherwise bring the legal profession into disrepute, in breach of rule 8 of the Barristers Rules.</p><p><br></p><p>Engaged in unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature towards a chambers junior</p> — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

A barrister engaged in conduct towards a chambers junior that crossed a number of boundaries, including unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, in breach of rule 8 of the Barristers Rules. The conduct was found to constitute unsatisfactory professional conduct.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=862d510a-b733-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e