Date of decision Full name Decision Disciplinary action taken  
Full name Natale Vincent Oliveri
Business address * 31 Beach Road, Christies Beach SA 5165
Date(s) of admission 06 December 2004
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter Contravention of Orders made by the Commissioner under section 77J(1)(a) of the Act.
Decision Professional Misconduct
Date of decision 26 February 2025
Disciplinary action taken
  • Multiple Disciplinary Action
  • Fine
  • Reprimand
Notes Fine amount $3,000.00
Regulatory authority Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
Appeal
Decision or order Decision not published
Full name Gregory Neil Welden
Business address * 179 Grange Road, Findon SA 5023
Date(s) of admission 07 September 1998
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter Executing PEXA Lands Title Registration forms without authority
Decision Professional Misconduct
Date of decision 17 February 2025
Disciplinary action taken
  • Multiple Disciplinary Action
  • Fine
  • Reprimand
Notes Fine amount $8,000.00
Regulatory authority Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
Appeal
Decision or order Decision not published
Full name Alistair John Ormiston Field
Business address * Adelaide Hills Law Chambers, 3/10 Gawler Street MT BARKER SA 5251
Date(s) of admission 07 October 2003
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter 1. For the financial years ending 30 June 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, the Practitioner failed to: (i) submit to the Law Society the required statements regarding the receipt or holding of trust money, contrary to Regulation 48; (ii) have the trust records ready for external examination by the time required, in breach of Clause 25(2) of Schedule 2; and (iii) have the trust records externally examined, an offence under Clause 34(1) of Schedule 2. 2. The Practitioner failed to pay the required deposit of $9,100.00 into the Combined Trust Account for the period ending on 30 November 2022. 3. Monthly reconciliations of the trust account were not always made by the 15 day of the next month as required by Regulation 31(3). 4. As of 21 July 2022 there were three dormant balances in the trust account: (i) $100.00 held since 3 May 2019; (ii) $400.00 held since 31 July 2020; and (iii) $8.17 held since 26 January 2020. 5. The Practitioner failed to keep proper records as follows: (i) he did not make out a receipt for each deposit of trust money as soon as practicable after its receipt; (ii) he did not printed and kept as required confirmation of EFT payments; and (iii) payments from trust were not always recorded in the trust records within five (5) business days as required, in breach of Regulation 28(4). 6. The Practitioner brought all trust account records up to date and was fully compliant by the time of the next trust account compliance audit at the end of 2023.
Decision Professional Misconduct
Date of decision 03 February 2025
Disciplinary action taken
  • Multiple Disciplinary Action
  • Fine
  • Reprimand
Notes Fine amount $2,500.00 to be paid in five monthly instalments of $500.00 each.
Regulatory authority Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
Appeal
Decision or order Decision not published
Full name Mark Adam Freer
Business address * Unit 10, 45 Travers Street, Sturt SA 5047
Date(s) of admission 16 February 2011, 10 December 2010
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter Misappropriation of trust money for own benefit, resulting in a conviction of aggravated theft, contrary to section 134(1) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) Creating and filing a false affidavit, resulting in a conviction of fabricating evidence, contrary to section 243 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) False witnessing and certification of loan and mortgage documents Misappropriation of trust money for own benefit
Decision Struck off Roll
Date of decision 17 December 2024
Disciplinary action taken
  • Struck off
Notes
Regulatory authority Supreme Court
Appeal
Decision or order Link to published decision
Full name Roxanne Marie McCardle
Business address * 5 Sims Road, Avenell Heights Bundaberg QLD 4670
Date(s) of admission 08 May 2006
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * Last practising certificate issued in Victoria, ex
Substance of Conduct Matter 1. Failing to adequately comply with statutory notices served by the Commissioner during the course of an investigation; 2. Consistently pursuing unmeritorious challenges to the jurisdiction of various tribunals, and to the jurisdiction of the Full Court of the Supreme Court in South Australia; 3. Pursuing unmeritorious litigation in the District Court of Western Australia; 4. Persisting with attempts to introduce irrelevant evidentiary material, including with the intention of proving a conspiracy against her, allegedly by judicial officers; 5. Making baseless claims of improper and dishonest conduct against the Commissioner, before both the Tribunal and the Full Court; 6. Inability or unwillingness to address the issues raised in her own response to the disciplinary proceedings; 7. A lack of understanding of appropriate professional conduct and about how legal proceedings should be conducted; 8. Lack of respect for the Court and its processes; 9. Inability to meet the basic minimum requirements expected of a legal practitioner; and 10. Making oral and written submissions about issues far removed from the issues at stake in the proceedings, tending to drift into irrelevant matters, quite disengaged from reality.
Decision Struck off Roll
Date of decision 17 December 2024
Disciplinary action taken
  • Struck off
Notes
Regulatory authority Supreme Court of South Australia
Appeal
Decision or order Link to published decision
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