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New lawyer admitted amid Centrelink overpayments, criminal charges
New lawyer admitted amid Centrelink overpayments, criminal charges
29 April 2021 • By Naomi Neilson Share
The Northern Territory Law Society has failed to prevent a new lawyer from being admitted after she disclosed Centrelink overpayments and two assault charges.
The Legal Profession Admission Board referred a new NT lawyer to the Supreme Court after she disclosed Centrelink overpayments totalling $10,000 and two assault charges in 2007 and 2017 across four separate affidavits.
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The board considered that she had not been “fully candid” in her initial affidavit relating to the criminal charges and, more specifically, it was concerned that her explanation of one of the overpayments lacked credibility and the explanation of a second overpayment was inc ....
Parliamentary privilege called into question by NT Law Society By Naomi Neilson|15 December 2020 The Northern Territory Law Society has unsuccessfully alleged that a barrister’s advice to prominent members of Parliament concerning a controversial inquiry in 2014 was in breach of his legal duties and amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct. These allegations were held in contention by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. In an application bought by originating motion by the Law Society sought orders in the nature of certiorari and prohibition against the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, with respect to two decisions of the tribunal dismissing complaints made against NT-based barrister Alistair Wyvill SC that alleged unprofessional conduct. ....