Bayard, Jacinta Louise
Allegation / charges
<p>1. Transfer trust money from controlled money account without proper authority, in breach of section 139 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)</p><p>2. Failed to provide statements in relation to the trust account when required</p><p>3. Affirmed an affidavit which the solicitor knew or ought to have known was false</p><p>4. The solicitor propounded the affidavit which the solicitor knew or ought to have known was false</p><p>5. Misled the District Court of NSW by propounding the affidavit which the solicitor knew or ought to have known was false</p> — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The solicitor was found to have engaged in Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct arising from an unauthorised transfer of trust money in breach of s139 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), failure to provide required trust account statements, and affirming and propounding a false affidavit that misled the District Court of NSW. The tribunal characterised the conduct as unsatisfactory professional conduct rather than making an express finding of dishonesty. No sanction, fine or costs figures are recorded in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead the court
- Proper basis for allegations
- Not mislead third parties or opponents
- No improper use of client money
⚠ 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=2c5fa7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e