ECAJ lodges misconduct complaint against Sydney lawyers over antisemitic slurs
Australia’s peak Jewish organisation has lodged a formal complaint of professional misconduct against former BlackBay Lawyers partners Justin Carroll and Yianni van Gelder, following revelations of shocking antisemitic WhatsApp messages between the pair.
WhatsApp leak exposes deep antisemitism among Sydney lawyers
Two former lawyers from Sydney’s BlackBay Lawyers, Justin Carroll and Yianni van Gelder, are at the centre of a professional and ethical crisis following the exposure of private WhatsApp messages containing antisemitic slurs, conspiracy theories, and coordinated plans to extract confidential firm data ahead of launching a rival legal practice.
