An Bui

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

The Legal Services Commissioner brought nine charges against An Bui, a former Queensland solicitor whose practising certificate was cancelled in December 2018. After cancellation, Bui engaged in legal practice (preparing/witnessing divorce documents and handling two conveyancing transactions) and represented himself as a solicitor/lawyer, contravening ss 24 and 25 of the LPA (Charges 1-6), and failed to respond to three s 543 notices requiring explanation of his conduct (Charges 7-9). The Tribunal found professional misconduct on all nine charges, describing his conduct as wilful, disgraceful and dishonourable and finding him not a fit and proper person. It recommended his name be removed from the Roll and ordered him to pay costs assessed as in the Supreme Court. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Disclose material information to client
• Protect legal professional privilege
• Hold a current practising certificate

Aggravating factors:

• Conduct occurred shortly after a previous 2018 disciplinary finding of professional misconduct in which his practising certificate was cancelled
• Failure to respond to regulator notices repeated the same conduct dealt with in 2018
• Wilfully and disgracefully purported to act as a solicitor after cancellation of practising certificate
• Purported to witness a signature when not present
• Failed to engage with the Tribunal and did not appear at hearing