Decision record

Levick, Wayne Ronald

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)

Professionsolicitor — (Formerly) Wayne Levick & Associates

Case number[2007] NSWADT 52

Date09-Mar-2007

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeCosts Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct: 1. The solicitor wilfully breached s.61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust monies 2. The solicitor wilfully breached s.62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - keeping of trust accounts 3. The solicitor misappropriated trust moneys Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct: 1.(a) In letters to Bar Association - use of grossly offensive language (b) Displayed a contemptuous disregard for the solicitor’s professional status as a legal practitioner, as an officer of the Court and the statutory disciplinary roles of the Legal Services Commissioner and the Bar Council. 2. Failed to comply with conditions of practising certificate in that the practitioner failed to attend the Solicitors Trust Accounting Course and failed to successfully complete the course — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The solicitor was found guilty of professional misconduct for wilful breaches of ss.61 and 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 (handling and keeping of trust accounts) and misappropriation of trust moneys, and for failing to comply with practising certificate conditions requiring completion of the Solicitors Trust Accounting Course. Unsatisfactory professional conduct was found for using grossly offensive language to the Bar Association and displaying contemptuous disregard for professional and statutory disciplinary roles. No express dishonesty finding is recorded and no sanction, fine or costs are stated in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Documents

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