Man who falsely claimed to be a legal practitioner loses appeal
By Naomi Neilson|23 May 2021
A Western Australian man who dispensed “free legal advice” via a Facebook page despite not ever being registered as an Australian legal practitioner has lost his appeal to have his conviction and sentence overturned.
In April 2020, Ryan Michael Upton was found guilty of having represented that he was entitled to engage in legal practice despite not being a practitioner. In the former proceedings and in the recent appeal in the Western Australian Supreme Court, Mr Upton represented himself to have his conviction and sentence overturned.