Tasmanian lawyer disciplined for colluding with child abuser on report
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 01:03 · Archive
A Tasmanian lawyer was ordered to pay $10,000 in legal costs after allowing a child sexual assault perpetrator to help draft a medical report on the victim.
A Tasmanian lawyer was ordered to pay $10,000 in legal costs earlier this year after ordering a medical expert report on a child sexual assault victim in collaboration with the perpetrator.
The arrangement posed a risk to the victim's mental health by introducing bias into the brief used to instruct the medical expert.
How it is being reported
- Lawyer disciplined after letting child abuser co-draft a medical reportThe victim's mental health was at risk from the biased brief.The Advocate · 28 Oct, 00:30
- Lawyer disciplined after letting child abuser co-draft a medical reportThe victim's mental health was at risk from the biased brief.The Examiner · 28 Oct, 00:30
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