MEGAN MARIE IN DE BRAEKT

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The Full Bench of the Supreme Court of WA granted the Legal Profession Complaints Committee's motion to remove Megan Maree in de Braekt from the Roll of Legal Practitioners. Adopting the State Administrative Tribunal's conclusive findings, the court found five instances of professional misconduct: knowingly and dishonestly misleading the Magistrates Court on two occasions about receipt of a digiboard copy (an express finding of dishonesty), persistent discourtesy to a magistrate including an unfounded bias accusation, offensive emails to two police officers (one containing a threat), and abusive conduct toward a court security supervisor. The Tribunal found she gave dishonest evidence and lacked insight. The court held she was not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll and ordered her name removed. No costs order was made as costs were not pressed and she had no realistic prospect of paying.</summary>}I need to output valid JSON on a single line.<br>{

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage
• Report serious misconduct of others
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Misleading the court repeated on two separate occasions before two separate magistrates
• Almost complete lack of insight and understanding of the impropriety of her conduct
• No remorse or regret
• Gave dishonest/untrue evidence to the Tribunal
• Prior disciplinary finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct (2011 WASAT 1)
• Argumentative and belligerent conduct during proceedings