Decision record
Downie, Daniel Mcgregor
Allegation / charges
1. Breaches of Section 255 LPA 2004 - disbursing trust money without authority 2. Breaches of Section 264 LPA 2004 - failing to keep trust records in a way that discloses true position 3. Misappropriation 4. Causing a deficiency in the trust account 5. Breach of Rule 12 of the former Solicitors Rules (1995) - borrowing from client 6. Failing to pay superannuation entitlements for five (5) years — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The document lists a series of charges against a solicitor including disbursing trust money without authority (s255 LPA 2004), failing to keep proper trust records (s264 LPA 2004), misappropriation, causing a trust account deficiency, borrowing from a client contrary to Rule 12 of the former Solicitors Rules (1995), and failing to pay superannuation entitlements for five years, characterised as professional misconduct. No express findings, sanction, costs, or dishonesty determination are stated in the excerpt provided.
Duties found breached:
- No conflict between current clients
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
No documents recorded.
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=b158a7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e