Decision record

Bradfield, John Gordon

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Bradfield Anderson Solicitors

Date18-Dec-2008

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeImmediate suspension of Practising Certificate $0.00 Receiver Appointed: Yes Receiver Appointed

Allegation / charges

1. Breached Section 479 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 - conduct of mortgage practices 2. Breached Section 117 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - conduct of mortgage practices 3. Failed to ensure that advances by various persons were properly and/or adequately secured 4. Failed to comply with section 671 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 5. Breached Section 674 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 - obstruction of investigator 6. Misappropriated trust funds 7. Borrowed funds in breach of Rule 12 of the Professional Conduct and Practice Rules

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner was found to have breached multiple provisions of the Legal Profession Act (1987 and 2004) relating to the conduct of mortgage practices, failed to ensure advances were adequately secured, failed to comply with Section 671, obstructed an investigator, misappropriated trust funds, and borrowed funds in breach of Rule 12. No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction are set out in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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Documents

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