Richard B Glacken

Member’s name: Mr Richard B Glacken
Date of Hearing: 5 December 2017
Division: Queensland
Tribunal: Disciplinary Tribunal

On 5 December 2017 the Disciplinary Tribunal found Mr Richard Glacken breached:

By-Law 9.5(b) in failing to successfully complete a Quality Review despite being selected in February 2016
By-Law 5.2(b)(ii) in failing, over approximately 18 months, to respond to Professional Conduct in respect of a Complaint made about him.
Mr Glacken attended the Hearing and admitted the Complaints.

Penalty and costs

The Disciplinary Tribunal found the Complaints sustained and imposed the following penalties:

• in relation to his Quality Review, within 15 Business Days of the date of the Hearing, Mr Glacken must:
  • return his signed Quality Review Report 
  • provide a written undertaking on his letterhead that he has resigned all audits effective from the date of the Hearing
  • provide copies of letters to all his audit clients resigning his audit engagements
  • remove all reference to the provision of audit services from all marketing material and stationery,
  a failure to comply with any of the above conditions to result in forfeiture of Membership;
• in relation to Mr Glacken’s failure to respond to Professional Conduct, a severe reprimand.

Mr Glacken was ordered to pay CPA Australia’s costs of $875.34.