Holt, Michael Francis
Allegation / charges
1. Wilfully contravened the provisions of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys<BR/>2. Wilfully contravened the provisions of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - failure to keep proper accounting records of trust moneys<BR/>2. Misappropriated trust moneys<BR/>3. Misled or attempted to mislead Officers of the Office of Sate Revenue and Trust Account Inspectors from the Law Society of NSW<BR/>4. A party to the false stamping of documents in an attempt to defraud the Office of State Revenue
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have wilfully contravened trust account provisions (Sections 61 and 62), misappropriated trust moneys, misled or attempted to mislead Office of State Revenue officers and Law Society trust account inspectors, and been party to false stamping of documents in an attempt to defraud the Office of State Revenue. The conduct involved defrauding, indicating dishonesty, though no sanction is set out in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- No taking unfair advantage
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
⚠ 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=b15ba7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e