Decision record

Holt, Michael Francis

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Holt & Allen

Date11-Aug-2004

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeCancellation of Practising Certificate $0.00 About About the OLSC The Commissioner History Mission statement Structure Contact Contact the OLSC Give us your feedback: online surveys Access to information (GIPAA) Community information Information for lawyers Fact sheets FAQs Other regulatory and complaint-handling organisations Contact LawAccess NSW for legal information " You and Your Lawyer", Hot Topics 78 Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of NSW , provides access to information about the law in NSW regarding your lawyer Privacy Copyright and Disclaimer Website accessibility

Allegation / charges

1. Wilfully contravened the provisions of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys 2. Wilfully contravened the provisions of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - failure to keep proper accounting records of trust moneys 2. Misappropriated trust moneys 3. Misled or attempted to mislead Officers of the Office of Sate Revenue and Trust Account Inspectors from the Law Society of NSW 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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The provided text sets out a list of charges against a practitioner concerning trust money contraventions under the Legal Profession Act 1987, misappropriation of trust moneys, misleading revenue and Law Society officers, and involvement in false stamping of documents to defraud the Office of State Revenue. The excerpt contains only the allegations and does not record any express findings, dishonesty determination, or sanction.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

[2009] NSWADT 163 2009-06-26 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local…

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=b15ba7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e