CLARENCE JAMES STEVENS

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Clarence James Stevens, admitted in NSW and WA, was struck off the NSW roll by the NSW Court of Appeal on 9 September 2003 following a finding of professional misconduct for failing to lodge income tax returns and pay income tax over about 20 years. The WA Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee sought his removal from the WA Roll. Under s 204(7), being struck off in another jurisdiction constitutes unsatisfactory conduct. With the practitioner's consent, the WA State Administrative Tribunal found him guilty of unsatisfactory conduct by unprofessional conduct, transmitted a report to the Supreme Court (full bench) recommending he be struck off the WA Roll, suspended him from practice pending that determination, and ordered him to pay $250 costs. The underlying NSW conduct was characterised as a 'lack of integrity'; no express finding of dishonesty was made by either court.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession