Downie, Daniel Mcgregor
Allegation / charges
1. Breaches of Section 255 LPA 2004 - disbursing trust money without authority<BR/>2. Breaches of Section 264 LPA 2004 - failing to keep trust records in a way that discloses true position<BR/>3. Misappropriation<BR/>4. Causing a deficiency in the trust account<BR/>5. Breach of Rule 12 of the former Solicitors Rules (1995) - borrowing from client<BR/>6. Failing to pay superannuation entitlements for five (5) years — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The text lists alleged breaches including unauthorised disbursement of trust money, failing to keep proper trust records, misappropriation, causing a trust account deficiency, borrowing from a client, and failing to pay superannuation for five years. No tribunal findings, dishonesty determination, or sanction details are provided in the text.
Duties found breached:
- No conflict between current clients
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
⚠ 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=b158a7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e