de Robillard, Christian Roger

Allegation / charges

<p><span style="color: black;">Ground 1: Fundamental breaches of the </span><em style="color: black;">Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015,</em><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;in summary</span><em style="color: black;">:</em></p><p><span style="color: black;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;invoking the coercive powers of the Supreme Court against an officer of the Court (solicitor) resulting in the solicitor having to cease acting for his client and being required to defend himself when there was no reasonable justification in the materials then available to the barrister;</span></p><p><span style="color: black;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the making of unfounded serious allegations of misconduct against a solicitor;</span></p><p><span style="color: black;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;an awareness by the barrister of the seriousness of the allegations being made;&nbsp;and</span></p><p><span style="color: black;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;conduct which was clearly considered and not on the spur of the moment given that the&nbsp;barrister had been alerted to the shortcomings of the allegations and pleadings that he had authored but persisted with the claims seeking to justify them in written submissions.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black;">Ground 2: Failure to comply with an order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales to pay a personal costs order dated 7 June 2017</span></p> — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

Duties engaged

• Overriding duty to the court
• Disclose adverse law to the court
• No abuse of process or coercive powers
• Comply with and respect court orders
• Advise on alternatives, settlement and outcome
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

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• Decision 2019-06-06 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Reprimand $0.00 About ​ About the OLSC The Commissioner His…
• Decision 2018-11-09 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Reprimand $0.00 About ​ About the OLSC The Commissioner His…
• Decision 2018-11-09 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Reprimand Reduce the fees charged for work he was retained …
• Decision 2018-06-21 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Cancellation of Practising Certificate effective from midni…
• Decision 2003-03-28 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales
• Decision 2003-02-13 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Cancellation of Practising Certificate $0.00 Practising Cer…

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