Decision record
HAYDN WESLEY DIXON
JurisdictionAustralia — Western Australia
BodyLegal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA)
Professionlawyer — PO Box 7676 Cloisters Square PERTH WA 6850
Case numberLegal Practitioners Complaints Committee -v- Dixon [2006] WASCA 27
Date15 December 2005
HearingSupreme Court of WA
OutcomeStruck Off the Roll of Practitioners
Allegation / charges
Struck Off the Roll of Practitioners
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes
Practitioner deliberately concealed approximately A$60,000 held in Singapore bank accounts during Family Court proceedings with his wife, falsely representing full discovery and swearing false affidavits. The Tribunal found the conduct deliberately false and amounting to perjury. The Full Bench found the facts demonstrated his unfitness to practise and ordered he be struck off the Roll.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Perjury related directly to duty as an officer of the Court and integrity of court proceedings
- Deliberate concealment over multiple years (1992-1997)
- Conduct would have materially impacted Family Court property and maintenance orders
Mitigating factors:
- Practitioner did not oppose the making of the orders
- Had not practised in the jurisdiction since the Tribunal determination