‘My client has more money on his wrist than all of you have’
Lawyer fined $1500 for failing to maintain professional standards during mediation.
Hamish McNicol
Mon, 12 May 2025
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An inexperienced lawyer who allegedly acted in a “crude and disrespectful manner”, including laughing along as a director called a former employee a “rat” and a “c***” during a mediation, has been fined $1500 following a Law Society complaint.
But not all of the lawyer’s alleged
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Hamish McNicol
Mon, 12 May 2025
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‘My client has more money on his wrist than all of you have’
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