A outstanding Hobart property agent and actuality tv star has misplaced his property agent licence after a Justice of the Peace dominated he was not a match and correct particular person to practise within the trade.
Key factors:
- Conor Canning was deregistered by the Property Agent’s Tribunal final 12 months after he stole a shopper database from his former employer
- He appealed in opposition to the choice within the Hobart Magistrates Court docket, however the choice was upheld
- A Justice of the Peace stated Mr Canning was “not an sincere particular person”, and and never match to practise in the actual property trade
Bachelor in Paradise contestant Conor Canning was deregistered by the Property Agent’s Tribunal final 12 months after he stole a shopper database from his former employer after which repeatedly lied about it in authorized paperwork.
Mr Canning is the director of three actual property places of work underneath the PRD franchise.
In his biography, he describes himself as certainly one of Hobart’s best-known brokers, writing that he left the Australian Military in 2013 “with a want to alter the face of the Hobart actual property trade by way of exhausting work, honesty, integrity, and enjoyable”.
It’s a description he has since conceded in court docket could now not apply.
‘The golden listing’
In keeping with court docket paperwork, in November 2020 the tribunal discovered that whereas Mr Canning was at Ray White Actual Property he accessed and copied his former employer Ant Manton’s database with out permission after which exported the confidential info.
He then “misused the confidential info” by contacting the folks on the database and offering the knowledge to a mortgage dealer, writing: “The golden listing, my man. That is extremely confidential however I belief you.”
When he was reported to the board by Mr Manton, he “supplied a false and deceptive assertion to the board investigator”, saying it was not attainable to export content material from Ray White Hobart techniques, the knowledge had been sourced from a unique system and it had now been faraway from his new employer’s system.
He went on to provide the investigator two false statutory declarations — the primary claiming he didn’t export the database or instruct one other particular person to do it, and the second stating that the knowledge was not on techniques at Harcourt, the place he labored on the time, or underneath the management of himself or his associates.
The tribunal discovered him responsible of “unprofessional conduct” and stripped him of his licence and ordered him to pay a positive of $30,000.
Quickly after, Mr Canning appealed in opposition to the choice within the Hobart Magistrates Court docket and was given permission to follow till a choice was made.
Justice of the Peace finds ‘appreciable planning’ to realize monetary benefit
On Wednesday, Justice of the Peace Chris Webster upheld the tribunal’s choice, concluding that Mr Canning was not an sincere particular person and the general public wanted to be protected against him.
“The proved and admitted allegations in opposition to the applicant have been critical and a discovering by the tribunal that the applicant was responsible of unprofessional conduct was acceptable,” he wrote.
In his choice, Justice of the Peace Webster wrote that the actions concerned “appreciable planning” and have been executed so Mr Canning may acquire a monetary benefit in his new employment, though he wrote that it appeared “any benefit obtained was minimal”.
Justice of the Peace Webster stated in court docket Mr Canning conceded that his submission to the board was “filled with elaborate element, mistruths and deceptive info”.
“An aggravating function of his lies to the board and its investigator was that he tried to assault the credibility of Mr Manton whose materials he had appropriated,” he wrote.
“He tried accountable Mr Manton, the sufferer, for reporting [Mr Canning’s] wrongful actions.
“Relatively than settle for duty for his actions, he selected to assault an individual making a official grievance to the skilled board.”
He wrote that the very fact these lies have been contained in statutory declarations made them extra aggravating.
‘Dishonest particular person’ shouldn’t be employed in actual property
Justice of the Peace Webster wrote that Mr Canning continued to minimise his actions in court docket.
“It additionally appeared that reasonably than take full duty for his earlier actions that in his proof in court docket he was nonetheless attempting to keep away from or minimise his duty,” he stated.
He additionally pointed to the very fact Mr Canning’s character witnesses in court docket appeared to solely pay attention to the theft and never his lies to the board and tribunal.
“I connect little credibility to character witnesses who know so little concerning the offences alleged in opposition to the particular person for whom they offer character proof,” he wrote.
In his conclusion, Justice of the Peace Webster upheld the tribunal’s choice, writing that “[Mr Canning] demonstrated by his actions … that he’s not an sincere particular person”.
“There are numerous alternatives for a dishonest particular person working on this trade to realize a monetary benefit for themselves or their purchasers by making a false declaration or misrepresentation or to financially drawback others,” he wrote.
“It’s notably necessary {that a} dishonest particular person isn’t employed in that trade.”
Lastly, he wrote that Mr Canning was “not a match and correct particular person to follow in the actual property trade” and the “want to guard the general public” required that he not take part within the trade till he happy the governing physique that he may very well be readmitted.