Thomson, Craig Robert

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

The practitioner was found to have committed theft and misappropriation of Health Services Union funds, abused a fiduciary relationship over an extended period, failed to disclose Federal Court findings of contraventions, and failed to pay ordered compensation and civil penalties. The tribunal found the practitioner was not of good fame and character and not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll, resulting in removal from the roll of Australian lawyers.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage
• Prompt accounting and return of money
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct occurred over an extended period
• Abuse of fiduciary/quasi-fiduciary relationship
• Failure to pay court-ordered compensation and civil penalties
• Failure to disclose adverse court findings

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]