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Kate Veronique Annells

JurisdictionAustralia — South Australia
BodyLegal Profession Conduct Commissioner (South Australia) (LPCC-SA)
Professionlawyer — 256 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier SA 5290
Date31 March 2026
OutcomeReprimand

Allegation / charges

1. Since 1 July 2014, the Practitioner has operated her law practice as an incorporated legal practice (ILP). 2. The Practitioner did not, on behalf of the ILP, provide notice of an intention to commence legal practise as required by Schedule 1, Clause 4(1) of the Legal Practitioners Act 198 until 10 September 2025, 11 years and 2 months after commencing operation as an ILP. — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The Practitioner operated her law practice as an incorporated legal practice from 1 July 2014 but failed to give the required notice of intention to commence legal practice under Schedule 1, Clause 4(1) of the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 until 10 September 2025, some 11 years and 2 months late. This was found to constitute professional misconduct. No express finding of dishonesty was made and no sanction is stated in the extracted text.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Notice was provided 11 years and 2 months after commencing operation as an ILP

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

Duties engaged

Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://lpcc.sa.gov.au/consumers/disciplinary-register