Decision record
Bradfield, John Gordon
Allegation / charges
1. Misappropriated moneys entrusted to him 2. Failure to account for moneys entrusted to him 3. Borrowed money from clients - breached Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct Rules 4. Breached Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys 5. Breached Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - keeping of trust records 6. Breached Section 298 of the Legal Profession Act, 2004 - disclosure to clients - money not received or held as trust money 7. Breached Section 299 of the Legal Professsion Act 2004 - disclosure of accounts used to hold moeny entrusted to law practice or legal practitioner associate — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct for misappropriating and failing to account for client moneys, borrowing from clients contrary to Rule 12, and breaching trust money and trust record provisions under the Legal Profession Acts 1987 and 2004. The provided text does not state an express finding of dishonesty nor the sanction imposed.
Duties found breached:
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Disclose material information to client
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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