Decision record
Fordham Mack (previously LOTT), Patrick
Allegation / charges
1. Breached an undertaking that he volunteered to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and in so doing: (a) failed to reach a standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public is entitled to expect of a reasonably competent Australian legal practitioner; (b) failed in his duty to the court; and (c) failed in his duty to the client (Ground 5) 2. Made false statements to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia as to when he was briefed to appear for his client, and in so doing failed to reach a standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public is entitled to expect of a reasonably competent Australian legal practitioner (Ground 6) — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct on two grounds: breaching an undertaking he volunteered to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (failing in competence/diligence and in his duties to the court and client), and making false statements to the Court about when he was briefed. The false statements were characterised as a failure of competence and diligence rather than an express finding of dishonesty.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=8a2d510a-b733-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e