Bradfield, John Gordon
Allegation / charges
1. Misappropriated moneys entrusted to him<BR/>2. Failure to account for moneys entrusted to him<BR/>3. Borrowed money from clients - breached Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct Rules <BR/>4. Breached Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys<BR/>5. Breached Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - keeping of trust records<BR/>6. Breached Section 298 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 - disclosure to clients - money not received or held as trust money<BR/>7. Breached Section 299 of the Legal Professsion Act 2004 - disclosure of accounts used to hold moeny entrusted to law practice or legal practitioner associate — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have committed professional misconduct involving misappropriation of and failure to account for entrusted moneys, borrowing money from clients contrary to Rule 12, and breaches of trust money handling, record-keeping and disclosure obligations under the Legal Profession Acts 1987 and 2004. The excerpt does not expressly find dishonesty nor state the sanction imposed.
Duties found breached:
- Disclose adverse law to the court
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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