The highest ineligible assemblage of NSW is considering an alleged ailment into teal campaigner for Pittwater, Jacqui Scruby, implicit claims she “may person represented an entitlement to prosecute successful ineligible practice” contempt not holding a existent practising certificate.
Ms Scruby has repeatedly claimed she is simply a “lawyer” oregon “former lawyer” portion campaigning for the blue-ribbon authorities spot successful Sydney’s north.
This includes 1 of the archetypal lines introducing herself connected her website – wherever she calls herself a “local mum who has been a small-business proprietor and lawyer”.
In correspondence seen by NewsWire, the Law Society of NSW confirms “an idiosyncratic with the sanction Jacqueline Scruby” does not clasp a existent practising certificate issued by the Council of the Law Society.
In different letter, the Law Society says “they are considering the steps that whitethorn beryllium capable to beryllium taken successful narration to the information.”
“The Law Society requests that you supply it with each accusation and documents you whitethorn person successful your possession, which whitethorn supply grounds that Ms Scruby whitethorn person represented to you oregon immoderate different idiosyncratic that she is entitled to prosecute successful ineligible practice,” the missive continues.
NewsWire understands Ms Scruby was antecedently admitted arsenic a lawyer and has received ineligible proposal indicating she is not successful breach of immoderate provisions.
Under NSW law, a idiosyncratic is not allowed to “represent oregon advertise” they tin prosecute successful ineligible practice, unless they are an “Australian ineligible practitioner”.
However, successful the aforesaid legislation, an Australian lawyer is defined arsenic idiosyncratic who is “admitted to the ineligible profession”, arsenic opposed to a ineligible practitioner – defined arsenic idiosyncratic who “holds a existent section practising certificate”.
Ms Scruby worked for the planetary instrumentality steadfast DLA Piper betwixt 2005 and 2008 arsenic an biology and readying lawyer, earlier moving into clime alteration argumentation and yet arsenic a elder argumentation advisor for national teal MP for Mackellar, Dr Sophie Scamps.
Ms Scruby has deed backmost astatine the claims, calling it a “desperate and baseless point” and a diversion from “the existent misrepresentation happening successful this by-election – that my Liberal hostile says she’s section but doesn’t unrecorded successful the electorate.”
The Law Society of NSW and DLA Piper person been contacted for further comment.
Ms Scruby antecedently stood for the spot of Pittwater arsenic an autarkic astatine the 2023 authorities election, losing to Rory Amon by conscionable 606 votes.
Mr Amon resigned from the Liberal Party and authorities parliament connected August 30 aft helium was arrested and charged with kid intersexual offences.
He is presently facing 5 counts of intersexual intercourse with idiosyncratic aged 10-14, 2 counts of attempted intersexual intercourse with a child, 2 counts of indecent battle connected a kid and committing an enactment of indecency.
Mr Amon, 35, has denied the allegations and confirmed helium volition combat the charges successful court.
Ms Scruby was again selected to tally against the Liberals successful the upcoming by-election for Pittwater, to beryllium held connected Saturday October 19.
She often refers to herself arsenic a “lawyer” oregon “former lawyer” connected her societal media profiles – including connected her Instagram and Facebook accounts – and successful media interviews.