Decision record

Waterstreet, Charles Christian

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)

Professionbarrister

Case number[2025] NSWCATOD 4

Date15-Jan-2025

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeThe barrister is reprimanded pursuant to s 299(1)(b) and s 302(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW). The barrister is prohibited from applying for an Australian practising certificate before the end of one year from the date of the orders. $0.00 Disciplinary Action

Allegation / charges

1. where the barrister engaged in sexual harassment towards three separate complainants 2. where he was found to have breached the New South Wales Barristers Rules, and engaged in conduct likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession and/or bring the legal profession into disrepute 3. where he failed to pay an employee’s wages — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

A barrister was found to have engaged in sexual harassment towards three separate complainants, breached the NSW Barristers Rules, engaged in conduct likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession, and failed to pay an employee's wages. The conduct was characterised as professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct. No express finding of dishonesty was made, and no specific sanction is 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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