Decision record
COLIN ROBERT McKERLIE
Allegation / charges
Struck Off the Roll of Practitioners
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee sought removal of Colin Robert McKerlie from the Roll following his criminal convictions for unlawful and indecent assault and two counts of sexual penetration without consent, for which he was sentenced to 4 years 8 months imprisonment. The Full Bench held the convictions and surrounding circumstances (premeditation, lack of remorse/insight) demonstrated he was not a fit and proper person to remain a practitioner. He was struck off the Roll. A separate reference regarding unprofessional conduct was stood over. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
- Personal probity and fitness to practise
- No unlawful discrimination or harassment
- No conflict between current clients
Aggravating factors:
- Premeditation
- Tendency to vice and lack of probity
- Lack of remorse or insight shown at trial
- Conduct of defence described as a farrago of lies, involving assault upon victim's character
Duties engaged
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