Alexia Margaret WARREN

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

Ms Warren acted for Mr and Mrs Rowland on the sale and purchase of properties settled in December 2011 but failed for over three years to provide settlement statements or to return the $537.65 trust balance. She failed to respond to the Legal Services Commissioner's s 443 notices and inquiries. The Tribunal found two charges of professional misconduct proved and expressly found that Ms Warren was dishonest and untruthful in her evidence, fabricating accounts of communications. Given her lack of remorse, absence of insight and her combative, uncooperative conduct of the proceedings, the Tribunal found her not a fit and proper person and ordered her name removed from the local roll. Costs and a compensation claim were left for further submissions.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Gave untruthful and fabricated evidence before the Tribunal regarding communications
• Implausible and untruthful denials of receipt of communications suggesting deliberate avoidance and obfuscation
• No remorse and complete lack of insight into her own misconduct
• Uncooperative and combative approach; filed voluminous, irrelevant and unmeritorious arguments
• Failure to cooperate with the regulator over an extended period; simple compliance was never achieved