Legal Practitioners' Register of Disciplinary Action

Part 4.9 of the Legal Profession Act 2006 deals with the publicising of disciplinary action.  "Disciplinary action" is defined in the Act as follows:

Under section 447 disciplinary action means -

1. the making of an order by a court or tribunal for or following a finding of professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct by an Australian legal practitioner under this Act or a corresponding law; or  
2. any of the following actions taken under this Act or under a corresponding law, following a finding by a court or tribunal of professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct by an Australian legal practitioner: 
   1. removal of the name of a practitioner from an Australian roll
   2. the suspension or cancellation of the Australian practising certificate of the practitioner
   3. the refusal to grant or renew an Australian practising certificate applied for by the practitioner; 
   4. the appointment of a receiver of all or any of the practitoner's property or the appointment of a mangager of the practitioner's practice; or
3. the making of an order by a court or tribunal for or following a finding of unsatisfactory employment conduct by an employee of a solicitor under this Act.

Sub section 448 (2) states that the register must include:

1. the full name of the person against whom the disciplinary action was taken; and
2. the person's business address or former business address; and
3. the person's home jurisdiction or most recent home jurisdiction; and
4. particulars of the disciplinary action taken; and
5. other particulars prescribed by regulation.

Part 4.9 of the Legal Profession Act 2006 also requires the Law Society, as the licensing body, to maintain a Register of Disciplinary Action.

Set out below are the names of the legal practitioners who have been the subject of disciplinary action since the Act came into force.

The Register

Surname	First Names
Burns	Diana Mary
Lander	David Samuel
Lardner	Ernest David
Millea	James Robert
Millea	James Robert
O'Neil	Mark Anthony
O'Neil Proctor	Anne Marie
Weereratne	Anura
Robertson	Paul James