Alison Hartvigsen

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

Sole practitioner Alison Margaret Hartvigsen faced ten charges under the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld). The Tribunal found she dishonestly transferred $119,632.44 from trust to general account across three conveyancing/estate matters, dishonestly applied $8,995 to her own use, prepared false trust ledgers, neglected a probate matter, and repeatedly failed to respond to regulator notices under s 443(3). All ten charges were found to constitute professional misconduct. Given the repeated dishonesty and absence of any evidence of insight or remorse, the Tribunal found her permanently unfit for practice and recommended she be struck off, with standard costs ordered against her.

Duties found breached:

• No improper use of client money
• Prompt accounting and return of money
• Report serious misconduct of others
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Repeated acts of dishonesty and misappropriation of client money
• Multiple clients affected, resulting in successful fidelity fund claims
• Repetition and persistence in failing to engage with the regulator
• No material demonstrating insight, remorse or rehabilitation