NSW Bar Association Reports Dramatic Spike in Complaints Against Barristers

The New South Wales Bar Association's annual report for the 2023 – 2024 year was released last week, revealing that the number of complaints against barristers referred by the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner (OLSC) to the Association had increased by 43% compared with the 76 complaints referred the year before.

Dramatic Spike in Complaints Against Barristers

The report found that the OLSC referred 102 complaints to the Association over that period, representing the majority of the 177 complaints investigated.

Of the 102 complaints, 16 had been carried over from previous years, showing that the Professional Conduct Department intends to solve even long-term complaints (but has failed).