Decision record
Croke, Michael Anthony
Allegation / charges
On 16 July 2020, the lawyer was convicted in the District Court of New South Wales of: (1) one count of participating in a criminal group knowing at the time, that his participation in that group contributed to the occurrence of criminal activity, contrary to section 93T(1A) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (Crimes Act); (2) two counts of making a false assertion with the intent to pervert the course of justice, contrary to section 319 of the Crimes Act; and (3) three counts of publishing a statement that was false or misleading in a material particular with the intention of obtaining a financial advantage, contrary to section 192G(b) of the Crimes Act — Not a fit and proper person to remain on the Supreme Court Roll of Australian lawyers
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The lawyer was convicted in the District Court of NSW of serious criminal offences including participating in a criminal group, making false assertions with intent to pervert the course of justice, and publishing false or misleading statements to obtain a financial advantage. The tribunal found he was not a fit and proper person to remain on the Supreme Court Roll of Australian lawyers, resulting in removal from the Roll.
Duties found breached:
⚠ 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=d1f8a136-7aa0-40f6-9164-80e6703015e4