Crime and Misconduct Commission Assistant Commissioner, Misconduct, Warren Strange has announced his resignation, which takes effect later this month, to take up a new role as Principal Lawyer with the Legal Advisory Service being established by the National Association of Community Legal Centres.
Mr Strange’s new role will see him provide leadership to the free legal help service for people considering engaging with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
He was appointed as the CMC’s Assistant Commissioner, Misconduct, in June 2010 and has acted as Chairperson on a number of occasions since that time, most recently after former Chairperson Ross Martin SC retired on grounds of ill-health [read related statement].
Under the Crime and Misconduct Act 2001, the Governor in Council may appoint a person qualified for appointment as the Chairperson to perform the role in an acting capacity during a vacancy in the office of Chairperson or any absence of the Chairperson.
Kathleen Florian, the CMC’s Assistant Commissioner, Crime, has been acting in the role of Assistant Commissioner, Misconduct, since April, while Michael Scott, the CMC’s Director of Crime Hearings and Legal Services, acts as Assistant Commissioner, Crime.
