Decision record
Lo, Kevin
Allegation / charges
1. Falsely declared information concerning trust money 2. Failed to comply with Sections 253,254,255, 256 and 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - dealing with trust accounts and trust money 3. Misled trust account inspector 4. Withdrew money for costs and disbursement without complying with the LPA 2004 5. Misled incoming mortgagee solicitors by failing to disclose the true position 6. Misled incoming mortgagee solicitors by not correcting contents of a letter 7. Breached undertaking to an opposing solicitor 8. Unethical conduct in attempting to settle the sale of a property by using a discharge document, he was on notice that it was a forgery — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct involving false declarations about trust money, multiple breaches of the trust account provisions of the Legal Profession Act 2004, misleading a trust account inspector and incoming mortgagee solicitors, improper withdrawal of costs/disbursements, breach of an undertaking, and attempting to settle a property sale using a document he knew to be a forgery. The provided text records the findings of professional misconduct but does not state any express finding of dishonesty, nor any sanction or costs order.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead the court
- Proper basis for allegations
- Honesty
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- No improper use of client money
- Honour professional undertakings
- No improper solicitation or touting
⚠ 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=3b5ba7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e