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Player, Ian Alexander

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — (Formerly) Sole Principal of: Ian A Player Solicitor & Conveyancer
Case number[2007] NSWADT 191
Date22-Aug-2007
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeCosts Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

1. Wilful breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987<BR/>2. Misappropriation<BR/>3. Unethical conduct <BR/> (a) omitting from returns lodged with the Office of State Revenue notifications of stamp duty payable;<BR/> (b) falsely stamping documents with a stamp provided by the Office of State Revenue; <BR/> (c) falsely inserting transaction numbers on documents; <BR/> (d) placing false letters, facsimiles, file notes and other documents in file; <BR/> (e) issuing a bill of costs for work not performed. <BR/>4. Failure to carry out instructions<BR/>5. Misleading the client — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner faced findings of professional misconduct comprising wilful breach of s61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987, misappropriation, various forms of unethical conduct (falsely stamping documents, falsely inserting transaction numbers, omitting stamp duty notifications, placing false documents on file, and billing for work not performed), failure to carry out instructions, and misleading the client. The provided text does not include an express finding of dishonesty or any stated sanction, fine, or costs order.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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