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Thomson, Craig Robert

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Health Services Union
Case number[2018] NSWCA 230
Date17-Oct-2018
HearingSupreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal
OutcomeCosts Removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

<p>1. Theft and misappropriation of funds belonging to the Health Services Union and abuse of fiduciary or a quasi-fiduciary relationship over an extended period</p><p>2. Failure to disclose Federal Court findings as to contraventions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)</p><p>3. Failure to pay compenastion ordered by the County Court of Victoria and Federal Court, and civil penalties ordered by the Federal Court</p> — Not a person of good fame and character 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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

The practitioner was found to have stolen and misappropriated funds belonging to the Health Services Union in abuse of a fiduciary relationship over an extended period, failed to disclose Federal Court contravention findings, and failed to pay court-ordered compensation and civil penalties. He was found not to be a person of good fame and character and not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll, resulting in his name being removed.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Conduct occurred over an extended period
  • Abuse of fiduciary/quasi-fiduciary relationship
  • Failure to comply with court orders for compensation and penalties
  • Failure to disclose adverse court findings

⚠ 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=325da7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e