Decision record
Whitting, William John
Allegation / charges
1. Acted for an aged father and his son in relation to the transfer of real property owned solely by the father to the son for a consideration of $1.00 without: (a) Properly assessing the capacity of the father (b) Obtaining any medical evidence as to the father?s capacity and without referring the father to obtain independent financial advice (c) Obtaining the services of an independent interpreter but instead relying on the interpretation provided by the son 2. Acted in a conflict of interest — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner acted for both an elderly father and his son in transferring the father's solely-owned property to the son for $1.00, without properly assessing the father's capacity, obtaining medical evidence, referring him for independent financial advice, or engaging an independent interpreter (relying instead on the son). This constituted acting in a conflict of interest and was found to be unsatisfactory professional conduct.
Duties found breached:
⚠ 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=3a5fa7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e