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Potkonyak, George

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Capellia Legal
Case number[2017] NSWCATOD 74
Date17-May-2017
HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
OutcomeRemoval of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers with effect from 8 August 2018 $0.00 Appeal Status: Dismissed Appeal Decision

Allegation / charges

<p>1. Conducted himself inappropriately in the Children's Court</p><p>2. Conducted himself inappropriately in the District Court</p><p>3. Breached his duty to the administration of justice by criticising the Children's Court</p><p>4. Misled the District Court</p><p>5. Breached his duty of care to his client</p><p>6. Consistently engaged in conduct falling short of the standard of competence and diligence</p> — Professional Misconduct

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct arising from inappropriate conduct in the Children's Court and District Court, breaching his duty to the administration of justice, misleading the District Court, breaching his duty of care to his client, and consistently falling short of the standard of competence and diligence. The text records no express finding of dishonesty and states no sanction, fine, or costs.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=b55ea7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e