McCrudden, Rory Devlin Stepinac Michael
Allegation / charges
<p>Ground 1: Payment of $94,200 to the barrister without being provided with a costs agreement, invoices or receipts</p><p>Ground 2<u>:</u> Preparation of the complainant’s criminal defence for trial, specifically:</p><p>(i) selection of the location of the trial;</p><p>(ii) selection of expert witnesses and lay witnesses;</p><p>(iii) the barrister himself writing the report for an expert witness;</p><p>(iv) the barrister’s failure to develop a strategy for the case based on an issue that the complainant considered to be critical (the authenticity of documents relied upon by the Crown); and</p><p>(v) the barrister’s failure to subpoena relevant documents.</p> — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner (a barrister) was found to have engaged in Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct in relation to two grounds: receiving $94,200 without providing a costs agreement, invoices or receipts, and various deficiencies in preparing the complainant's criminal defence for trial. The provided text records no express finding of dishonesty and does not state any sanction, fine, or costs order.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Documents
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=6a6a15f3-de16-4158-b6d5-db507507701d