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James Donnelly
Last updated: 2026-10-18T09:44:39.600Z
- Practitioner name
- James Donnelly
- Name as recorded
- James Donnelly
- Profession
- Psychologist (supervising psychologist)
- Decision date
- 2012-02-02
- Offence category
- Failure to report child sexual abuse
- Offence
- He supervised psychologist Kerri Dene and knew that her client, a father, had disclosed touching his 10-year-old daughter inappropriately for years, but he also failed to report the abuse to the Department of Community Services. No criminal charges. Professional misconduct (failure to report child sexual abuse), upheld by the NSW Supreme Court in July 2011.
- Outcome
- First deregistered for a minimum of three years (July 2010). The Supreme Court set that aside for lack of procedural fairness, and on 2 February 2012 the tribunal deregistered him for only 18 months. The NSW Supreme Court overturned the original three-year deregistration on procedural grounds, and the Psychologists Tribunal then cut it to 18 months on rehearing.
- Outcome type
- Deregistered (not permanent)
- Outcome length
- 18 months
- Category
- Not recorded
- Tribunal
- Psychologists Tribunal of NSW
- Case name
- Kerri Dene and James Donnelly – deregistered by Psychologists Tribunal
- Citation
- Not recorded
- Tribunal decision date
- 2012-02-02
- State
- NSW
- Tribunal city
- Not recorded
- National board
- Psychologists Registration Board of NSW (pre-National Law)
- Registration status
- Not recorded
- Official outcome (tribunal/board)
- Not recorded
- Source confidence
- Not recorded
- Notes
- Not the abuser: failed to report a disclosed child sexual abuse. Linked case: Kerri Dene. Year is 2012, the final protective order. Permanently barred: No
Decision-makers
Not recorded