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A sole legal principal has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct on five charges for her role in a practice that has been targeted by the “phoenixing” technique, which consists of placing people with drug, mental health or other major, personal issues as director of a struggling company.
Solicitor reprimanded, ordered to pay fine for failure to comply By Naomi Neilson|28 February 2021 A solicitor who failed to comply with an undertaking to retain money in a trust account has been found guilty of professional misconduct and reprimanded. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) has found David Hunter guilty of disbursing funds from his trust account despite a written undertaking that he would not until a matter was resolved. He has admitted it was a breach and accepted that the penalty would be sufficient, given his lack of intention for wrongdoing. In November 20...