TREVOR HOWARD BRICKHILL

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

Mr Trevor Howard Brickhill, a legal practitioner, was convicted of two offences under the Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 (WA): knowingly giving misleading evidence (fined AUD 10,000 in the criminal proceedings) and counselling a person to destroy evidence (12 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months). Following his admissions and a consent order, the Tribunal found he engaged in professional misconduct under s 404 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 and transmitted a report to the Supreme Court (Full Bench) recommending removal of his name from the roll. He was ordered to pay costs of AUD 1,000. No express finding of dishonesty was made by the Tribunal.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations
• Handle inadvertently received material
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Offences directly concerned with practice as a lawyer and the proper administration of the law
• Seriousness of conduct demonstrating unfitness to practise
• Damage to reputation and standing of the legal profession

Mitigating factors:

• Admitted the allegations and consented to the orders
• Pleaded guilty to the criminal offences
• Recognised and accepted the seriousness of his conduct and its consequences