Sydney-based lawyer...
...Denis Manning Anderson has allegedly been caught using the identity of a dead client to access the prized Members Reserve at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Australian rules football AFL grand finals.
He is now being prosecuted for misconduct by the Legal Services Commissioner.
Anderson was escorted from the stadium after security officers intercepted him using the membership card of Michael Alfred Starkey who had died almost 15 years earlier. Anderson is a criminal law specialist who was admitted as a solicitor 53 years ago. If found guilty of unsatisfactory
professional conduct or professional misconduct, Anderson could be struck from the roll or have his practising certificate suspended or cancelled.
Membership of the Melbourne Cricket Club is notoriously diffcult to obtain and at present there are approximately 233,000 people on its waiting list. It costs $110 to join the list, plus a $900 entrance fee and yearly subscription fees of up to $625. Passes are not transferable, even on death.
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