Decision record

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

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct: 1. Breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust moneys (Fine $10,000) 2. Attempting to influence a witness not to give evidence in disciplinary proceedings (Reprimand) 3. Swear false Statutory Declaration (Fine $10,000) 4. Fail to comply with a Notice under Section 152 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 (Fine $1,000) Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct 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 and unsatisfactory professional conduct under the Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW). Findings included mishandling trust moneys, attempting to influence a witness, swearing a false statutory declaration, failing to comply with a s152 Notice, and failing to comply with an undertaking. Sanctions comprised fines totalling $21,000 and reprimands. No express finding of dishonesty is recorded in the text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

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[2005] NSWADT 250 2005-11-04 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Costs Fine Reprimand $1,250.00

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