DAVID CHARLES MIZEN
Allegation / charges
Struck Off the Roll of Practitioners
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Full Bench of the Supreme Court of WA ordered that David Charles Mizen be removed from the roll of legal practitioners. Following his conviction and 3-year prison sentence for distributing and possessing child exploitation material, the SAT found him guilty of professional misconduct and recommended removal. The Tribunal found he demonstrated a complete lack of integrity and a defect of character incompatible with membership of the profession. The Court agreed he was not a fit and proper person to remain a legal practitioner. No express finding of dishonesty was made (rather lack of integrity). No costs were sought and no order as to costs was made.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Serious criminal offending involving child exploitation material across all categories including sadism, bestiality and bondage
- Large volume of material - 17,554 images and 1,391 videos across 27 devices
- Conduct engaged in over at least 10 years
- Sentencing judge found no significant indication of remorse
- Sentenced to total effective 3 years immediate imprisonment
Mitigating factors:
- Pleaded guilty to criminal charges
- Did not oppose the order sought
Duties engaged
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