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Knudsen, Peter Stanley

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — The Hargreaves Practice
Case number[2004] NSWADT 272
Date26-Nov-2004
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeCosts Fine Reprimand $21,000.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct:<BR/>1. Breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust moneys (Fine $10,000)<BR/>2. Attempting to influence a witness not to give evidence in disciplinary proceedings (Reprimand)<BR/>3. Swear false Statutory Declaration (Fine $10,000)<BR/>4. Fail to comply with a Notice under Section 152 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 (Fine $1,000)<BR/><BR/>Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct<BR/>5. Fail to comply with undertaking to Practitioner (Reprimand) — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionFine
Dishonesty foundNo

Practitioner found guilty of professional misconduct on four counts (trust money mishandling, attempting to influence a witness, swearing a false statutory declaration, failing to comply with a s152 Notice) and unsatisfactory professional conduct for failing to comply with an undertaking. Fines totalling $21,000 imposed plus two reprimands. No express finding of dishonesty recorded in the available text.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=21000", "extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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