Decision record
Carlton Melbourne
Allegation / charges
Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered October 27, 2018. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 199/2017 IN THE MATTER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL (HILARY BEVERLEY REID) and CARLTON MELBOURNE an …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The attorney Carlton Melbourne admitted breaching the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations for 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Committee found this amounted to professional misconduct and ordered a fine of $30,000 per year ($90,000 total) plus $30,000 costs, totalling $120,000, which was paid on 24 December 2018. No dishonesty finding.
Duties found breached:
Mitigating factors:
- Respondent admitted the breaches
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