Australian Discipline - The Story of Issac Brott

43 Pages Posted: 3 Oct 2012

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Linda Ruth Haller

University of Melbourne - Law School

Date Written: October 3, 2012

Abstract

This article tells the story of attempts to improve the regulation of lawyers in Victoria, Australia 1975-2012. It also tells the parallel story of one Victorian solicitor, Issac Brott, who was the subject of multiple complaints about his conduct during that same period of time but against whom professional discipline proved both ineffective and irrelevant.

Keywords: lawyers, professional discipline, legal profession, Australia, Issac Brott, lawyer regulation

Suggested Citation

Haller, Linda Ruth, Australian Discipline - The Story of Issac Brott (October 3, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2156051 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2156051

Linda Ruth Haller (Contact Author)

University of Melbourne - Law School ( email )

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185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Victoria, Victoria 3010
Australia

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