Decision record
Armstrong, Kathlin Annita
Allegation / charges
On 21 October 2020, Kathlin Annita Armstrong, was found guilty in the Local Court of seven charges of dishonestly obtain a financial advantage by deception, one charge of dishonestly obtain property by deception (collectively, the fraud offences), and one charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence (the menace offence). On 21 December 2020, the Magistrate convicted Ms Armstrong and sentenced her as follows: on the fraud offences, to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 2 years and 6 months, which the Magistrate ordered, on 14 January 2021, be served by way of an intensive correction order; and on the menace offence, to release on entering a recognisance in the sum of $500 to be of good behaviour for 18 months. — Not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll of Australian Lawyers
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
Kathlin Annita Armstrong was convicted in the Local Court of seven counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception, one count of dishonestly obtaining property by deception, and one count of using a carriage service to menace/harass. She received an aggregate 2 year 6 month sentence served by intensive correction order plus a good behaviour recognisance. The tribunal found her not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll of Australian Lawyers, resulting in removal from the Roll.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Multiple dishonesty offences
- Custodial sentence (aggregate 2 years 6 months imprisonment served via intensive correction order)
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=0e809c57-880d-4a59-810d-e8dfc4609827