Decision record
Mee Ling, Paul Adrian
Allegation / charges
Application no. 102024: 1. Failure to comply with undertaking 2. Failure to comply with condition on practising certificate 3. Failure to respond to the Society’s correspondence Application no. 102025: 1. Failure to pay the complainant’s [Counsel’s] fees 2. Without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with a requirement under Section 660 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 3. Failed to assist the Law Society with the investigation of a complaint 4. Failure to respond to complainant’s communications Amended Applications in 102024 & 102025: 1. The Solicitor has failed to comply with an Order of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal 2. The Solicitor attempted to mislead the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Application no. 112033: 1. Breach of Rules 32 & 33 of the Professional Conduct & Practice Rules 2. Breach of Sections 254 & 260 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 3. Failure to respond to complainant’s [Counsel’s] correspondence — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The matter concerns a solicitor facing multiple applications alleging failures to comply with undertakings, practising certificate conditions, statutory requirements, tribunal orders, and to respond to correspondence, as well as an allegation of attempting to mislead the Administrative Decisions Tribunal. The conduct was characterised as professional misconduct. The provided text lists the allegations but does not set out express findings on each charge, any express finding of dishonesty, or the sanction imposed.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Advise on alternatives, settlement and outcome
- No conflict between current clients
- Hold a current practising certificate
- Honour professional undertakings
- Pay instructed practitioners and agents
- Not misrepresent regulated status
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
- Not mislead the court
- No improper communication with the court
- Comply with and respect court orders
- Advise on alternatives, settlement and outcome
- No conflict between current clients
- Hold a current practising certificate
- Honour professional undertakings
- Pay instructed practitioners and agents
- Not misrepresent regulated status
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Documents
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=fd5aa7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e