Thompson, Melissa Jane
Allegation / charges
Failure by the Solicitor to provide the Law Practice Confirmation and Statement of Trust Money submission for the period 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 and due on 30 April 2020. Failure by the Solicitor to provide the Law Practice Confirmation and Statement of Trust Money submission for the period 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 and due on 30 April 2021. Failure by the Solicitor to comply with the s 370 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW Notice issued to the Solicitor on 16 November 2021, requesting the provision of the Law Practice Confirmation and Statement of Trust Money submissions. Failure by the Solicitor to comply with the s 95 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW Notice issued to the Solicitor on 20 July 2023. Failure by the Solicitor to respond to correspondence sent by the Law Society over a 20 month period. — Not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitor repeatedly failed to lodge required trust money submissions, failed to comply with statutory notices under ss 370 and 95 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), and failed to respond to Law Society correspondence over 20 months. The tribunal found the Solicitor not to be a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- Hold a current practising certificate
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=6d2112a0-23d6-4cdc-9074-ee5c94f877d2