Thomson, Craig Robert
Allegation / charges
1. Theft and misappropriation of funds belonging to the Health Services Union and abuse of fiduciary or a quasi-fiduciary relationship over an extended period 2. Failure to disclose Federal Court findings as to contraventions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) 3. Failure to pay compenastion ordered by the County Court of Victoria and Federal Court, and civil penalties ordered by the Federal Court — Not a person of good fame and character Not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll of Australian lawyers
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have stolen and misappropriated funds belonging to the Health Services Union in abuse of a fiduciary relationship over an extended period, failed to disclose Federal Court contravention findings, and failed to pay court-ordered compensation and civil penalties. He was found not to be a person of good fame and character and not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll, resulting in his name being removed.
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 comply with court orders for compensation and penalties
- Failure to disclose adverse court findings
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=325da7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e