Decision record
COLIN ROBERT McKERLIE
JurisdictionAustralia — Western Australia
BodyLegal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA)
Professionlawyer — Level 1, 538 Hay Street PERTH WA 6000
Case numberLegal Practitioners Complaints Committee v McKerlie [2007] WASAT 67
Date21 March 2007
HearingState Administrative Tribunal
OutcomeIllegal and Unsatisfactory Conduct and Suspended
Allegation / charges
Illegal and Unsatisfactory Conduct and Suspended
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
CostsAUD 500
Dishonesty foundNo
The practitioner was convicted after a jury trial of unlawful and indecent assault and two counts of sexual penetration without consent, receiving concurrent sentences totalling four years eight months' imprisonment. His appeals were dismissed. The Tribunal found the conduct constituted illegal conduct and unsatisfactory conduct and referred the matter to the Supreme Court (full bench) with a recommendation that his name be struck off the Roll of Practitioners. It also imposed an interim suspension from practice and ordered him to pay costs fixed at $500.
Duties found breached:
Duties engaged
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