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Markovski, Norma Miniano

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Markovski Lawyers
Date04-May-2009
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeAdditional Orders made by the Tribunal (see Tribunal decision) Conditions on Practising Certificate Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand $0.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Acted for Argyrios Tsantilis and Aspasie Tsantilis on a loan made to them of which they had no knowledge</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Purporting to witness signatures of Argyrios Tsantilis and Aspasie Tsantilis on a Statutory Declaration dated 6 September 2005 when such persons did not sign in her presence.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Purporting to witness their signatures as applicants for a new Certificate of Title when such persons did not sign in her presence</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Purporting to witness the signature of Mr Tsantilis on a Statutory Declaration dated 8 September 2005 when the Respondent did not do so</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5. Signing Certificates of Independent Legal Advice dated 8 September 2005 knowing them to be false</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6. Purporting to witness the signatures of Mr &amp; Mrs Tsantilis on a Statutory Declaration dated 8 September 2005 when she did not do so</span></p> — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The respondent solicitor faced allegations of professional misconduct arising from acting for Mr and Mrs Tsantilis on a loan of which they had no knowledge, falsely purporting to witness their signatures on several documents (statutory declarations and a Certificate of Title application) when they did not sign in her presence, and signing Certificates of Independent Legal Advice knowing them to be false. The extract provided lists only the particulars characterised as professional misconduct; it contains no express finding of dishonesty and no stated sanction.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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