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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<BR/>2. Breached Section 117 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - conduct of mortgage practices<BR/>3. Failed to ensure that advances by various persons were properly and/or adequately secured<BR/>4. Failed to comply with section 671 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004<BR/>5. Breached Section 674 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 - obstruction of investigator<BR/>6. Misappropriated trust funds<BR/>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 committed multiple breaches relating to the conduct of mortgage practices under the Legal Profession Acts 1987 and 2004, including failing to ensure advances were adequately secured, failing to comply with statutory requirements, obstructing an investigator, misappropriating trust funds, and borrowing funds in breach of the Professional Conduct and Practice Rules. No express dishonesty finding or sanction is 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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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=305ca7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e