In this powerful interview, Thomas Flitner exposes what he alleges to be a long-running and retaliatory campaign by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner (VLSB+C) — a campaign that, in his view, culminated in fabricated charges relating to the administration of his late mother’s estate.
Thomas, a sole legal practitioner, recounts the deeply personal and professional toll inflicted upon him after years of resisting what he describes as regulatory overreach and unjustified intervention. At the centre of this story is a 5% commission agreement — a signed document between Thomas, his mother, and his ex-partner — which the VLSB allegedly lost. Despite no complaints by beneficiaries and no findings by a probate court, the Board pursued him with allegations of estate impropriety nearly six years later.
Throughout the interview, Thomas describes:
How the VLSB+C allegedly withheld or destroyed exculpatory evidence, including the original signed agreement for the 5% commission;
How they brought charges only after other avenues of regulatory attack had failed, notably after he successfully challenged the Victorian Government Solicitor in April 2024;
How no complaints were made by family or beneficiaries, and how the VLSB allegedly exploited family divisions to manufacture a complaint;
His ongoing VCAT proceeding, despite the matter falling within the jurisdiction of the probate court, not a professional conduct tribunal;
How his law firm was forcibly taken over by appointed external manager Nick Curran in late 2023 on dubious grounds, allegedly unconnected to the estate matter;
And how the regulator's shifting justifications for its interventions signal a broader pattern of retribution against lawyers who challenge the system.
This episode sheds light not only on Thomas’s personal ordeal, but on broader concerns about the unchecked power of legal regulators in Victoria — particularly their ability to bypass due process, lay charges without complaint, and pursue disciplinary action years after the fact.
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