An Bui
Allegation / charges
In respect of Charge 1 there is a fiding that the Respondent has committed professional misconduct. In respect of Charge 2 there is a finding that the Respondent has committed professional misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Legal Services Commissioner brought four charges against Michelle Rosena Beatty for failing to respond to written notices issued under s 443(3) of the Legal Profession Act 2007. The respondent did not appear or engage in the proceeding at all. QCAT (Justice Daubney, President) found each charge proved and characterised the conduct as professional misconduct, describing her repeated failures and non-engagement as demonstrating profound indifference to her legal obligations and professional status. No dishonesty was found. The Tribunal recommended her name be removed from the roll of legal practitioners and ordered her to pay the applicant's costs, to be assessed as if in the Supreme Court of Queensland (no amount specified).
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Repeated failures to comply with four separate s 443 notices
- Complete lack of engagement in the disciplinary proceeding and failure to file any response
- Profound indifference to obligations under the LPA and to her status as a member of the profession
- Non-renewal of practising certificate indicating indifference
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.
Documents
Source: https://www.lsc.qld.gov.au/queensland-discipline-register