DAVID CHARLES MIZEN

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

The Full Bench of the Supreme Court of WA removed David Charles Mizen from the roll of legal practitioners following his convictions for distributing and possessing child exploitation material. The SAT had found him guilty of professional misconduct and recommended removal. The Court agreed the respondent was not a fit and proper person to remain a legal practitioner, noting his conduct demonstrated a complete lack of integrity. No dishonesty finding was expressly made (the finding was 'lack of integrity'). As the motion was unopposed, no costs order was made.

Duties found breached:

• Personal probity and fitness to practise
• Report serious misconduct of others

Aggravating factors:

• Serious criminal offending involving distribution and possession of child exploitation material spanning categories 1 to 5, including sadism, bestiality and bondage involving children as young as 1 year
• Possession of child exploitation material for at least 10 years
• Over 17,554 images and 1,391 videos across 27 devices
• Sentenced to 3 years total effective immediate imprisonment
• No significant indication of remorse (per sentencing judge)

Mitigating factors:

• Pleaded guilty to the criminal charges
• Did not oppose the removal order