Date of decision Full name Decision Disciplinary action taken  
Full name Brendan Peter Connell
Business address * 94 Sturt Street ADELAIDE SA 5000
Date(s) of admission 20 December 1982
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter Failure to comply with regulatory requirements regarding Practitioner’s Trust Account over several years
Decision Professional Misconduct
Date of decision 17 October 2023
Disciplinary action taken
  • Multiple Disciplinary Action
  • Conditions on Practising Certificate
  • Fine
  • Reprimand
Notes Fine amount: $7,000.00 The condition placed on the Practitioner’s practising certificate is that, in practising the law at any time for the next 5 years from the date of the making of the Determination, the Practitioner must not: (a) be a signatory on any legal practice trust account; or (b) open, run, manage or otherwise control any legal practice trust account.
Regulatory authority Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
Appeal
Decision or order Decision not published
Full name Norman John O’Bryan
Business address * Aickin Chambers 28f/200 Queen Street Melbourne VIC 3000
Date(s) of admission 31 March 1988, 01 April 1984
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • Victoria
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * Victoria
Substance of Conduct Matter - Dishonest charging practices; - Contravention of obligations to act honestly, not to mislead or deceive, and to ensure legal costs were reasonable and proportionate; - Deceiving Court and others; and - Attempting to collude with witnesses so as to mislead the Court
Decision Remove name from Roll under section 89(6) - already struck off in Victoria
Date of decision 31 August 2023
Disciplinary action taken
  • Name removed from Roll of Legal Practitioners
Notes
Regulatory authority Supreme Court
Appeal
Decision or order Link to published decision
Full name Atanas Michael Radin
Business address * 22 Adelaide Road, GAWLER SOUTH, SA, 5118 (until 2017)
Date(s) of admission 20 December 1982
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter Misleading statements, misappropriation of trust money, failure to pay barristers, failure to pay employee superannuation, failure to pay tax
Decision Unprofessional Conduct & Professional Misconduct
Date of decision 17 July 2023
Disciplinary action taken
  • Recommend that proceedings be commenced in the Supreme Court
Notes
Regulatory authority Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
Appeal
Full name David George Hepenstall
Business address * 25 Vincent Place ADELAIDE SA 5000 (Former business address)
Date(s) of admission 17 December 1990
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 25 May 2023
Disciplinary action taken
  • Reprimand
Notes
Regulatory authority Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
Appeal
Decision or order Decision not published
Full name Christie Lee Rigg
Business address * Level 3, 169 Fullarton Road DULWICH SA 5062
Date(s) of admission 21 September 2015
Jurisdiction(s) of admission
  • South Australia
Home jurisdiction * South Australia
Substance of Conduct Matter 1. The Practitioner deliberately lied and engaged in intentional misrepresentation of events calculated to mislead her clients. 2. The work performed by the Practitioner contained serious errors and was “a substantial or consistent failure to reach or maintain a reasonable standard of competence and diligence” as defined in section 69(a) of the Act. 3. The Practitioner failed to comply with her clients’ express instructions.
Decision Professional Misconduct
Date of decision 19 May 2023
Disciplinary action taken
  • Multiple Disciplinary Action
  • Conditions on Practising Certificate
  • Fine
  • Make a payment
  • Order to apologise
  • Refrain from doing something
  • Reprimand
  • Undertake training, education or counselling
Notes Fine amount $3,500.00. The Practitioner is required to apologise to her clients and reimburse them for her fees and disbursements. The Practitioner has previously been disciplined for similar conduct which has been noted on the Disciplinary Register.
Regulatory authority Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner
Appeal
Decision or order Decision not published