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Former MP Craig Thomson struck off

admin20 October 20187 January 2020Professional disciplineCourt of Appeal, Craig Thomson, dishonesty, Health Services Union, inherent jurisdiction, Labor Party, Prothonotary, Supreme Court of NSWLeave a comment

The Supreme Court of NSW has exercised its inherent jurisdiction to strike off a former federal Labor MP for misappropriation of trade union funds and the criminal and civil convictions which resulted from it.

Thomson

The facts

Craig Thomson was admitted as a lawyer in NSW on 31 March 1995, although he never obtained a practising certificate.

From around 1988, Thomson was employed by the Health Services Union (HSU), initially as an industrial officer in the New South Wales branch.

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