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Annan (Formerly John Ebenezer Eyeson-Annan), John Ebow

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionbarrister
Case number[2014] NSWCATOD 41
Date30-Apr-2014
HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
OutcomeCosts Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers (08/10/2014 Disciplinary Action) $0.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

<p>1. Practising as a Migration Agent whilst disqualified from doing so by virtue of a decision of the Migration Agents Review Authority</p><p>2. Falsely represented himself to a client as being a Migration Agent without disclosing his disqualification</p><p>3. Knowingly gave false advice to client that it was not necessary for her to attend a hearing of the Migration Review Tribunal</p><p>4. Knowingly giving false evidence to the Federal Magistrates Court in relation to migration matters</p> — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundYes

The practitioner was found to have committed professional misconduct by practising as a Migration Agent while disqualified, falsely representing himself as an agent to a client without disclosing his disqualification, knowingly giving false advice to a client about attending a Migration Review Tribunal hearing, and knowingly giving false evidence to the Federal Magistrates Court. The findings of knowingly false representations and evidence establish dishonesty. No sanction, fine, or costs are stated in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2009-05-14 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Cancellation of Practising Certificate from 19 May 2009 $0.…

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=f12d510a-b733-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e