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Solicitor to be removed from roll for dishonestly obtaining large sums of money from clients

A Queensland-based solicitor who dishonestly obtained large sums of money from clients, entered into costs agreement with her own firm so as to invoice herself and billed clients for work already performed has been struck from the roll in two states. ....

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Queensland Law Society fails to permanently revoke solicitor's practising certificate over administrative errors

Queensland Law Society’s argument that a former legal practice director should not be granted a new practising certificate has fallen short with the state’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal finding that its decision “goes beyond what is needed” to discipline the solicitor for failing to respond to notices and requests for information. ....

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Solicitor challenges Law Society over its investigation into controversial COVID-19 Facebook posts

G&B Lawyers solicitor Nathan Buckley, who advised his supporters to challenge COVID-19 fines in court, has requested that the NSW Law Society provide all files relating to an application for disciplinary action. It follows an investigation into three of his Facebook posts that could be identified as unsatisfactory professional conduct. ....

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Queensland solicitor refused practising certificate over trust account anomaly and inappropriate storage of trust property

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has approved the Law Society’s decision not to renew a practising certificate after finding that the solicitor in question had poorly responded to a trust account anomaly, had been “insulting” towards the society’s officers and had left trust property to become “infected with cockroaches”. ....

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Former principal and solicitor reprimanded, suspended for filing 333 proceedings despite jurisdiction errors

A former principal and solicitor of a Melbourne-based firm were reprimanded, suspended from practice and found guilty of both unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct for filing at least 333 proceedings in the city’s Magistrates Court when they knew that it did not have the jurisdiction to hear them. ....

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