Cosier, Barry Ferguson
Allegation / charges
1. Settled party/party costs with the defendant without instructions from the complainant<BR/>2. Refused to release all relevant matter files in circumstances where he had no reason to retain same<BR/>3(a). Failed to issue a bill of costs to the complainant prior to taking costs<BR/>3(b). Duplicated claims for GST in his bill<BR/>3(c). Included in his bill items which were workers compensation items contrary to Section 116 of the Workplace (Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act, 1998)<BR/>3(d). Issued a bill containing unrelated items<BR/>4. Failed to account generally — A reasonable likelihood of a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The text sets out particulars of alleged professional misconduct/unsatisfactory professional conduct against a solicitor, including settling costs without instructions, refusing to release files, billing irregularities (no bill issued before taking costs, duplicated GST, improper workers compensation items, unrelated items) and failure to account. It notes a reasonable likelihood of a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct, but no express findings, dishonesty determination, or sanction are stated in the provided material.
Duties found breached:
- Proper basis for allegations
- No direct dealing with represented party
- Complaints procedure and handling
- Handle inadvertently received material
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
No documents recorded.
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=075ea7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e