REPORTING qué cnc CONDUCT OF CAWYER CONNECTED AND INVOWED IN CONSRIREO 2ROIT DETINMENT AND LETH AL. INJECTION COASPIREDD / PRE MEP ITATETS HE LAW SOCIETY™ F SOUTH AUSTRALIA Postal Address: GPO Box 2066, Adelaide SAS001 + OX 333, Adelaide Tj oI sockenstoniens Level 10, Terrace Towers, 178 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 23 March 2017 = our ro Ms Jacqueline Pearce . Dear Ms Pearce itioners /Heidi Salvemini, Lachlan McAuliffe, Bill Otham, Michael leather Mack, Dino Di Rosa, John James Complaints against p Wood, Eugenia Matt Johnson | confirm receiving your letter with annexure dated 1 March 2017, directed to the Society regarding your complaint against the above mentioned practitioners. Complaints against legal practitioners in South Australia fall within the jurisdiction of the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner. It appears from your documents that you are aware of this and so | remind you that the Commissioner can be contacted at: Level 10 30 Currie Street Adelaide. SA 5000 Telephone | attach your correspondence and annexure and request that you forward it to the Commissioner directly. Please note that with regard to complaints against Magistrates | would suggest that you contact the Courts Administration Authority to establish the correct process. They can be contacted at: 20 Main Road Port Pirie, South Australia, 5540 Postal Address: The Registrar Port Pirie Magistrates Court PO Box 583 Port Pirie SA 5540 The Lew Society of South Australia is ¢ Constituent Member of the Law C EFTA00268792

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GuIpence- S INDW INVOWEP IN CoNSPIRED COVER. OP > Lu = Vv (e) En) Fr \ 711312020 ANVERS IS CEMENT LN SOL? DETAINMENT : LETHAL INSECT RE: Confidential -Your Complaint about Ms Heidi Salvemini_ co Ss - 2 Pp ‘ to our prevjous-cerre pandence in rega o-the-ceport, mei 35 iri Cillegat representatio “Illegal Access to medical eco Ihave just received a copy of an appointment made for the after I had informed this person to contact you in regards to the illegal representation of which this was ordered. Refer to Attached Iam requesting your immediate attention in relation to this urgent matter under the act of this illegal representations threat of using her authority-te-have.myself placed within the impzi nt . fed-within the(denial of legal aid, Bill Otham’y the police offences Ratich did ») not carry a term of imprisonment. AS you presentatior of 2 ir! "olds no relevance to the police offences or can stand within a court of law and hold power to that effect against myself. Iam requesting that you contact the Port Pirie Courthouse in relation to the copy of the official letters being faxed through the fines department to the magistrate on the 4/ 04 / 2016, in relation: to this illegal representation and the official letters of your investigation into these matters. am requesti jate assistance overturn y 6 order of th a in regards to the illegal representatiorrand thé-current investigation. > - Yours Sincerely Jacqueline Pearce From: To: Subject: Your Complaint about Ms Heidi Salvemini Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:18:04 +0000 Dear Ms Pearce, Please sce attached letter dated 30 March 2016 sent on behalf of Ms Nadine Lambert of this office Regards, Lee Moulden Administration Officer hittps:/foutlook live. com/mail/0/AQMKADAWATNiZmYAZC1 jM2USLTZANWMIMDACLTAwCgAUAAADXVO 1yWicnOiaQW4CohQ6GAEAXOEEI%2F... 1 ft EFTA00268793

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REPORTING aUcEAC LoNDPUTT OF LAWYER <cOWNECTED) “= INVOLUED IN DIT CONSFIRED F ETAINHENT AND CTHAL INSECTION - CON: SPIRED / PRE MED ITATED) — SALVEMIN, - CONNECTED TO SA HEACTTI RO GER KIRCHNE R tuecALe REF . Z TUEQALY ORTAWED AND SURM/TTED FALSIFIEL> MepicrAd RECORDS 5S fALSIFIED BY CONNECTED AND iNdow INDIv bk ABDUL ZAMAN! ~ ALSO CONWEKL TED TO GEK 1 ROTINER. RO SA HEALTH First name(s) Deca vEune CAROL Surname PE rPagge Residential address Street Suburb State ma Postcode Postal address PO Box Suburb State Postcode Telephone number (daytime) Telephone number (after hours) Mobile phone number Fax number Email address >< No, | am the person making the complaint Yes, | am complaining on behalf of a child under 18 years Yes, | am exercising a Power of Attorney Yes, | am complaining as a guardian and/or administrator Yes, | am a lawyer acting on behalf of my client Other (give details) @ EFTA00268794

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PROR TO OIT YFAnuARY PETAINMENT lei SALVE MINK aE WESTS'I DE Law YERS Postal address PO Box Postcode Surname Finn name Finn address Suburb State Telephone number (daytime) Mobile phone number Fax number Email address x Who was the lawyer acting for? Me Another person (pi First narne(s) Surname Firm name Firm address Street Suburb State Postcode Postal address PO Box Suburb State Postcode Telephone number (daytime) Mobile telephone number Fax number Email address Who was the lawyer acting for? Me Another person (please name) EFTA00268795

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What type of Worker's compensation Company law Family law matter was the lawyer involved in? Wills and probate Migration taw De facto law % Criminal Industrial Real property Conveyancing Medical negligence Commercial law Building dispute Personal injury Criminal injuries compensation Other (give detaiis) B When did the - conduct you are LEQA REPRESENTATION making the complaint about occur? CORT RECA WITHOR ANN KOETPINC OCN! ACN Doce MENT CFERRLPRY If it occurred more than three years a ago, please explain the reasons for the delay in making the complaint. EFTA00268796

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mentation to support your complaint, If there are witne that wil help us deal with your omplaint, please provide tr you think they could helf Piease tell us about: ¢ the events that have led to your complaint « what you say the lawyer did or did not do PLease sce ATTACHED WITNESS CYNTHIA PLCARCE Pri: ee (WiTN Ess) Hpawion PeMPReS - PY: TW INFCRMATICON HI TACHED IN RELETTICON 1, ale in pe EFTA00268797

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Zw (€ wy xe you making comet To resolve my dispute with the lawyer To improve communication with the lawyer To have my documents/files transferred to another lawyer To improve the service provided by the lawyer To receive an apology To get the work re-done properly ~ 7X Tohave the lawyer disciplined To resolve a costs dispute with the lawyer's firm % Other (give details) a NVICTICN Have you tried to resolve the } No complaint with the lawyer? Yes, please give details of the efforts you have made and the result 13) EFTA00268798

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we. + if you believe that you have been overcharged by your Normally, the Commissioner wil first try to see if, through a conciliation process, the bill (tax invoice) ‘ lawyer, complain to the Commissioner by f ; n sewer dng tus section (Section B). can be agreed between the parties. If it can't then the a7 7 Commissioner will recommend what he thinks is 8 fair if you wish to complain about overcharging it is important and reasonable amount for the legal fees to have been. jonas se veh = if that recommendation is not accepted by both you before you complete this section. in particular, there are 9 ayia ie 210.000 i mplaint of overcharging that and your lawyer, and if the amou isput is S10. momar phoneme ia or less, then the Commissioner may make a binding determination in relation to the amount in dispute. a Are you a third party payer (le. have you agreed with a lawyer to pay the legal fees of another person)? Yes » No Ifyes, who Is your matter with your lawyer finished? Yes XX No Unsure Do you have an agreement with your lawyer about costs? % Yes No Is the cost agreement written? (if so, please attatch acopy) 7 Yes No Have you received a bill (tax invoice) from the lawyer? If so, % Yes No please attach a copy What is the amount in dispute between you and your lawyer? § ; How much have you already paid to the lawyer for legal services? If you do not know the precise amount, please $ provide an estimate ‘ Have you requested an itemised account from your lawyer? Yes No if your lawyer has provided one to you please attach a copy You say the account is too high because: A lesser amount was estimated or quoted for legal fees The account includes work that was not done The account includes work that was not necessary The legal work was done poorly The account includes work you did not ask to be done The charges for the work are not as agreed with your lawyer Have you talked about the account with your lawyer or Yes No 6] someone else at the firm? If yes, please provide details BEcCE'vVE THET T HAVE PAVED WesTsIDE LAW VERS FoR FALSE REPRESENTHTON Has the lawyer issued @ summons against you for payment of the account? If so, please attach a copy of the summons Yes No Are you willing to attend a conciliation conference (if the en “~ lawyer agrees) to try to resolve the cost dispute? EFTA00268799

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‘7 f Please read through this form to check al! questions have been answered. 2 Please attach all necessary documents and sign the declaration below. Peclaretion by the contntainertt | nave read through this completed compiaint form and believe, to the best of my knowledge, that ail provided is true,correct and not misleading. Pro thorise the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner to forward a copy of this complaint to the lawyer named in . this complaint. ¥~ | agree to the terms of this deciration. of the information we Date} bs OS/2 O14 Privacy Statment Personal information you provide on this form is used by the If printed, please send this form and photocopied attachments to: Commissioner for the purposes of carrying out his functions include assessing, concilating, investigating and prosecuting Level 10, 30 Currie Street complaints about lawyers. To do that, the Commissioner will ADELAIDE SA 5000 usually disclose your personal information to the lawyer you are complaining about and to his or her lawyer (if represented). o i a complaint proceeds to a disciplinary hearing, your . Personal information may aven be disdosed to the GPO Box 230 Legal Practitioners Discipinary Tribunal or the Supreme ADE BAO! Lega! such use or disdosure is required, or authorised by law. TLcECAL REPRESENTATION UCCURRED ar j , PETER WrITHORAWN REPRE MONT Yt SENTATICN EFTA00268800

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7/13/2020 Mail - Jacqueline Pearce - Outlook Heidi Salvemini @ 1 attachments (622 KB) 2016-06-09_Pearce (s).pdf; Dear Ms Pearce his office dated 8 June 2016 Please see attached letter sent on behalfj6f Ms Lambert o Regards, eee Level 10, 30 ee al GPO Box 230 Adelaide SA 5001 This e-mail is intended solely for th cnt and is confidential If vou have received this e-mail in crror. please let us know by telephone immec jately AE 0A | EFTA00268801

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7/13/2020 Mail - Jacqueline Pearce - Outlook Your complaint about Ms Heidi Salvemini fession Conduct Commissioner hii Cc: Nadine Lambert ® 1 attachments (31 KB 2016-07-15_Pearce.pdf Strictly Private & Confidential The attached letter is to be opened only by the email recipient Dear Ms Pearce The attached letter is sent on behalf (Ms Lambert) ) Please note that the original copy of the letter will not be sent to you by post. If you wish to respond to this email, please direct your response to Ms Lambert at Yours sincerely Administration Officer commissioner Level 10, 30 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 5000 GPO Box 230 Adelaide SA 5001 This e-mail is imended solely for the named recipient and is confidentia If you have received this e-mail in error, please let us know by telephone immediately https://outlook Jive.com/mail/O/AQMkADAWATNIZmYAZC 1jM2U5LTZHNWMtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADXVQO1 yWicndiaQW4CohQ6GAEAXOEEI%2F Vv EFTA00268802

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OUR REF:EJM:RMH: Ack-letter * 18 March 2016 Ms Jacqueline Pearce Dear Ms Pearce Ms Heidi Salvemini s »% | acknowledge receipt of your correspondence o 18 March 201 6. This is a formal acknowledgement and one of the Commissioner's officers will contact you shortly. For your records | *enclose a copy of your complaint excluding attachments. The original complaint and attachments will be kept by us and form part of the file. Yours sincerely CELIZABETH MANOS a } Pring al Legal Officer *Enclosure 1. Copy of complaint EFTA00268803

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OUR REF:NL:LM:201603112X SesliGe 3 ale % 30 March 2016 3 ZIG 3°48 om] conduct Ms Jacqueline Pearce Level 10, 20 Cure Syeet GPO Box 230 Adelaide SA 5001 Dear Ms Pearce | refer to the Complaint received by the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner (Commissioner) on 18 March 2016 and further material and information received on 24 March 2016. The Commissioner has the power under the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (Act) to investigate allegations of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct made against legal Practitioners. | am an investigating solicitor employed by the Commissioner. The Commissioner has assigned your Complaint to me and, as the Commissioner's delegate, | will consider the conduct of the Practitioner that has led to your Complaint. A report will be prepared for the Commissioner to enable him to make a determination in relation to your Complaint. There is no standard way of investigating a complaint. It is our usual practice when investigating a complaint to send a copy of the complaint to the practitioner who has been complained about, and to seek the practitioner's response. When the response is received, a complainant will usually be given a copy of it so that he or she can comment on what the practitioner has said about the complaint. | note that you have requested that the Commissioner's office investigate the Police Prosecution, various Police Officers, the Magistrate, witnesses and other persons. You have also sought the laying of criminal charges against a number of people including the Practitioner. The Commissioner's jurisdiction is limited to investigating complaints about legal practitioners. Accordingly, the Commissioner only has jurisdiction to investigate the conduct of the Practitioner. The Commissioner does not have the power to investigate the other persons named in your Complaint, nor does the Commissioner have the power or the jurisdiction to lay criminal charges. | further note your request that a Victims of Crime Application be made on your behalf, again this is outside of the Commissioner's jurisdiction. Should you wish to make such an application, you should seek independent legal advice. At all times, the investigation will be as transparent as possible, and we will adhere to principles of natural justice and procedural fairness. EFTA00268804

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Ms Jacqueline Pearce _ __-2- 30 March 2016 *% Your Complain o—- _fesponse.___ Yours sincerely 1 ~ L NADINE LAMBERT EFTA00268805

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conduct commissioner Level 10, 30 Guna Stas Adelaide SA 5000 OUR REF:NL:RH:201603112x Adelaide SA 5001 14 April 2016 Dear Ms P. Your Complaint about Ms Heidi Salvemini_ a | confirm receipt of your two emails of the 6 April 2016. As per my letter to you of the 30 March 2016, the Commissioner's office cannot investigate the conduct of the Police, doctors or other medical staff. | note your request that the Commissioner contact the Court and have the Order for a mental health evaluation overturned. | again advise that the Commissioner does not have the power to interfere with, or alter,~ — _ decisions made by a Court. The order for the evaluation has been made by a Court and the Commissioner cannot intervene in relation to the ordering of the Yours sincerely h-4 7 INDIV INQOLVETS PENIED (KEGAC COWDUZT OF HEIDI sawenmin} PRIOR TO QOIP ~PETANMENT VICTIM WAS BETAINED ICLEGALLY RASED aa TUES AL CONPUCT OF HEIDI SACCEMIN | EFTA00268806 &_NADINE LAMBERT Solicitor

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INTENTION - CCNHSPIRING HLse HARM - OUR REF:NL:Rk-201603112X commissioner +s _ 2 September 2016 ine Pearce Dear Ms Pear “Your Complaint against Ms Heidi Salvemini | refer to our previous correspondence regarding your Complaint about Ms Heidi Salvemini (Practitioner). We have now completed our investigation, and the Commissioner has considered the outcome of that investigation. The Commissioner is satisfied that it is appropriate that he make a determination that there is no misconduct by the Practitioner. | have “enclosed a copy of the Determination as to Conduct in that respect, which sets out the reasons for the Commissioner making that Determination. While section 77K of the Legal Practitioners Act provides the right to appeal to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal against some types of decisions by the Commissioner, the Act does not provide any right of appeal against a determination by the Commissioner to that there is no misconduct by the practitioner. <The Tribunal has previously decided that it does not have any jurisdiction to hear such ~ an appeal. Even if you are dissatisfied with the Commissioner's Determination, there is no further assistance that the Commissioner or his office can provide to you. We are not able to give you any advice about any other rights you may have, whether under the Act or otherwise. %/We will now be closing our file. Yours sincerely ya /) } ye NADINE LAMBERT Solicitor Email: *enclosure 1. Copy of Determination INDY INVOLWET) EFTA00268807

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DETERMINATION AS TO CONDUCT BY THE LEGAL PROFESSION CONDUCT COMMISSIONER UNDER SUBDIVISION 3 OF DIVISION 2 OF PART 6 OF THE ACT IN RELATION TO HEIDI SALVEMINI 1 SEPTEMBER 2016 Level 10, 30 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 5000 — 4 Commissioner E www.ipcc.sa.gov.au EFTA00268808

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INTERPRETATION 1 In this Determination, unless otherwise provided: e Act means the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (as amended); * Complainant means Jacqueline Pearce; ¢ Complaint means the complaint | received from the Complainant in relation to the Practitioner; ¢ Practitioner means Heidi Salvemini; e CLCA means the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935, e any term used that is defined in the Act has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in the Act; . * references to sections are references to sections of the Act. GENERAL 2. This Determination relates to the conduct of the Practitioner, and it follows an investigation into that conduct. In very general terms, the Complaint is about the following circumstances: (a) The Practitioner acted for the Complainant in relation to criminal matters before the Port Pirie Magistrates Court. (b) The Complainant subsequently sought to terminate the Practitioner's instructions. (c) She alleged that thereafter the Practitioner continued to act for her (despite the termination of her instructions by the Complainant) and also accessed her medical records in circumstances where the Complainant had withdrawn her authority to do so. (d) It was further alleged that the Practitioner ordered the Magistrate to remand the Complainant in custody for an evaluation | 3. The conduct complained of occurred after 1 July 2014. Accordingly, | have considered the Practitioner's conduct by reference to the misconduct definitions in sections 68 and 69. 4. The investigation into the Practitioner's conduct included the following: (a) considering all of the issues of concern raised in the Complaint, including a detailed review of all of the materials provided by the Complainant; (b) considering the responses received from the Practitioner once the alleged conduct had been published to her, inciuding a detailed review of all of the materials provided by the Practitioner's lawyer; DECISION AS TO CONDUCT 5. | am satisfied that there is no unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct by the Practitioner, for the following reasons: (a) During the course of acting for the Complainant, the Practitioner received i : j plainant was suffering (b) The Complainant's behaviour, in particular her comments in relation to Police forcing her into prostitution and that the Practitioner was part of a conspiracy, reinforced the Practitioner's concerns about the en EFTA00268809

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(c) The Practitioner expressly turned her mind to the provisions of section 269W of the CLCA. It is my view that the Practitioner's conduct in Court on the 11 March 2016 was entirely appropriate. (d) On that day, the Practitioner advised the Court that she appeared for the Complainant and expressly drew the Court’s attention to section 269W of the CLCA. She sought to tender the (e) On the basis of the Practitioner's submissions _ the medical a the Court formed a view that it was appropriate for a to be ordered. The Court turned its mind to whether it was appropriate to utilise the provisions of 269X of the CLCA. The presiding Magistrate spoke directly to the Complainant who assured the Court that she would cooperate with any assessment. (f) | have no doubt that the Practitioner genuinely believed that she was authorised by the relevant provisions of the CLCA to act for the Compiainani and to exercise her independent discretion in what she believed to be her client's best interests, notwithstanding the purported termination of her instructions by the Complainant. It is also evident that the Court was satisfied i it _ —_—_ in all of the circumstances to order (g) It is my view that the Practitioner acted entirely appropriately and in her _Client’s best interests. The Practitioner gave very serious consideration to her _ ethical duties to both her client and to the Court in what were clearly very difficult circumstances. She appropriately sought the advice, guidance, and _ assistance of both the Law Society and a senior member of the Bar. Dated 1 September 2016 bal Gr Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner INDIV INVaY . EFTA00268810

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LEGAL AID DENIED | INJO.WEA» ABN: 90 731 571 498 159 Gawier Place ADELAIDE SA 5000 Postal Address: Legal Services Commission ak Aarons SOUTH AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE SA 5001 104 Our reference: IAKS T Date: 7 September 2015 tepel use . — CAROL PEARCE www.is¢.sa.gov.au Dear Ms Pearce, Se ott Re: Your application for legal aid >) We wish to advise that legal aid has been refused in relation to Exaseding Prescribed Content Of Alcohol, Refuse Breathalyser/Fail To Supply Specimen, Refuse Name And Address, Resist Arrest. Legal aid has been re a . 6 We consider that you will fefore e legal al aid is ref you believe ro we need more info 5 you should-provide us with that information in writing (including a copy of your caareenih and we will look at your file again. If you choose to appeal this decision, please provide copies of your bank statements for all the accounts that you operate for the last 3 months. Although you are ineligible for a formal grant of legal aid, your local Community Legal Centre may | be able to provide you with aseistence: Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) Central Community Legal Centre Children's and Youth Legal Service Southern Community Justice Centre tudes Cilla SUpport Advice South East Community Women's Legal Services Port Augusta Northern Community Legal Service includes Child Support Advice Westside Community Lawyers Inc Westside Community Lawyers inc — Port Pirie | Justice-Net E Women's Legal Service aeare WAS IMPRISONED - petanment / A FORM OF IMPRISONMENT EFTA00268811