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Mavrakis, George John

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Mavrakis & Associates
Case number[2010] NSWADT 103
Date28-Apr-2010
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeConditions on Practising Certificate Costs Fine Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand Mentoring of solicitor by Senior Solicitor $3,000.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

1. Breach of Sections 253, 254, 255 & 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - relating to trust funds<BR/>2. Misappropriation of trust funds<BR/>3. Breach of Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct & Practice Rules 1995 by borrowing money from a client<BR/>4. Breach of Sections 253, 254, 255 & 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - relating to trust funds<BR/>5. Breach of undertaking to the Society<BR/>5 Failure to honour written undertaking to Law Society of NSW<BR/>6. Misleading communciation with other practitioner and parties<BR/>7. In relation to 2008 practising certificate renewal - the solicitor made a false declaration and misled the Law Society and made a false declaration to it — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The solicitor was found to have committed professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct including breaches of trust fund provisions of the Legal Profession Act 2004, misappropriation of trust funds, borrowing money from a client contrary to Rule 12, breach of a written undertaking to the Law Society, misleading communications, and making a false declaration to the Law Society on his 2008 practising certificate renewal. The provided text does not state an express finding of dishonesty or specify a sanction, fine, or costs.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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