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<p>Ground 1: Breached Rule 62 of the Bar Rules when he failed to inform the defence representatives, or the Court:</p><p>(a) of the fact that a key prosecution witness said at a witness conference, attended by the Respondent on 27/07/2009, words that were omitted from the typed conference notes, including the words "am registered informant"</p><p>(b) of the fact that handwritten notes of the conference existed</p><p>(c) of the fact that the typed version of the conference notes was an edited version of the handwritten notes</p><p>(d) of the fact that the police had informed the DPP that the key prosecution witness was an informer for police</p><p>Ground 2: Breached Rules 66 and 66A of the Barristers' Rules</p><p>Ground 4: Misled or attempted to mislead his opponent</p><p>Ground 5: Misled, or attempted to mislead the Court and/or the jury</p>

<p><a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/175de327d7745fe82fc4a251&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Council of the NSW Bar Association v Thorpe [2020] NSWCATOD 133</a></p>