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ROHAN GEORGE SKEA

JurisdictionAustralia — Western Australia
BodyLegal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA)
Professionlawyer — PO Box Z5425 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6831
Case numberLegal Practitioners Complaints Committee v Skea [2005] WASAT 196
Date20 July 2005
HearingState Administrative Tribunal/Supreme Court of WA
OutcomeUnsatisfactory Conduct and Suspended and Struck Off the Roll of Practitioners

Allegation / charges

Unsatisfactory Conduct and Suspended and Struck Off the Roll of Practitioners

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

SanctionSuspension
CostsAUD 1,000
Dishonesty foundYes

Rohan George Skea, a legal practitioner, pleaded guilty to 37 counts of fraud and was sentenced to six years imprisonment. The Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee brought a reference alleging unsatisfactory conduct by illegal conduct. Skea admitted the conduct and accepted it was inevitable his name be struck off. The State Administrative Tribunal found him guilty of unsatisfactory conduct but, lacking power to strike off, transmitted a report to the Supreme Court (full bench) recommending removal from the Roll. It suspended him from practice pending the Court's determination and ordered him to pay $1000 costs.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • 37 counts of fraud committed over a period from December 2000 to February 2004
  • Serious criminal conduct resulting in a six-year custodial sentence
  • Conduct incompatible with membership of an honourable profession and damaging to the reputation of the legal profession

Mitigating factors:

  • Plea of guilty to the criminal charges
  • Admission of unsatisfactory conduct before the Tribunal
  • Expressed profound regret and apology for his conduct

Duties engaged

Documents

Source: https://www.lpbwa.org.au/getmedia/e88f5464-6f25-45e2-b150-f9c594dd81c1/register_of_disciplinary_action.pdf