NSW lawyer given suspended jail term for working without a practicing certificate

Judge describes Michael Rollinson's conduct as a breathtaking and flagrant disregard' for the court's authority

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A New South Wales barrister who continued to work as a lawyer despite not having a practising certificate - including in a case before the high court - has been sentenced to a suspended jail term.

Michael Rollinson pleaded guilty to three counts of contempt in the NSW supreme court last month. In orders released by the court on Friday, NSW supreme court Justice Robert Beech-Jones described his conduct as breathtaking".

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