Our collective hearts bleed!
Following an investigation into a number of posts made across the G&B Lawyers Facebook page, solicitor Nathan Buckley has been suspended from practising until June 2022 and found to be “unable to fulfil the inherent requirements” of a lawyer.
In posts across the G&B Facebook page, Mr Buckley doled out advice to followers that included directing Victorians to collect COVID-19 infringement fines and elect to have them determined in court because the Victorian government “will not fight” them all. Recently, Mr Buckley has also fought against vaccine mandates.
His suspension was confirmed on Friday, 11 November following an update of the Register of Disciplinary Action. The Council of the Law Society said it had a reasonable belief that Mr Buckley could not fulfil his requirements as a practitioner, particularly as it related to the “paramount duty to administration of justice”.
The Law Society also found that Mr Buckley could not discharge his duty to refrain from engaging in conduct likely to be prejudicial, or to diminish confidence, in the administration of justice; to not engage in conduct likely to a material degree to bring the profession into disrepute; and to be “honest and courteous” in all legal dealings.
