CLARENCE JAMES STEVENS

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

Clarence James Stevens, a barrister/QC admitted in both NSW and WA, was struck off the NSW roll on 9 September 2003 after the NSW Court of Appeal found him guilty of professional misconduct for failing to lodge income tax returns and pay income tax for about 20 years (described as a lack of integrity, not express dishonesty). The WA Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee applied to have his name struck off in WA. By consent, the WA State Administrative Tribunal found him guilty of unsatisfactory conduct by unprofessional conduct under s 204(7) of the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA), and transmitted a report to the Supreme Court (full bench) under s 204(6) recommending his name be struck from the WA Roll. Pending that determination, it suspended him from practice and ordered costs of $250. No express finding of dishonesty was made by the WA Tribunal.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report