20 Feb 2019
The High Court dismissed the appeal: the District Court judge properly exercised sentencing discretion; discounts for reparation and personal circumstances were within the appropriate range; although the method of applying the guilty plea discount favoured the appellant marginally, the final sentence of two years and five months was not manifestly excessive and required no adjustment.
6 Jul 2017
The Court upheld the judge's credibility findings favouring the trust account manager over the appellant and concluded the Crown proved that the appellant authorised or knew of repeated transfers of client funds to the firm's office account when the firm's interest was overdrawn; those findings were reasonably open on the evidence and the appeal against conviction was dismissed.
30 Jul 2007
The trial judge was entitled to find that Watt, acting in his capacity as trustee when authorising payment from the trust account, acted dishonestly and converted estate funds so as to fall within s 230; the conviction was not unreasonable or unsupported by the evidence; pre‑charge delay did not constitute abuse of process; the judge was not bound by cost revisors' findings.