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Zhukovska, Myroslava

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — McMahon Todd Pty Ltd
Case number[2019] NSWCATOD 66
Date08-May-2019
HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
OutcomeCosts Fine Reprimand The lawyer's local practising certificate is cancelled and any new practising certificate shall not be issued before the end of 12 months from the date of these orders. $9,000.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct<BR/>1. Acting in a conflict of interests<BR/>2. Failure to obtain instructions before making unsecured loan from client's funds<BR/>3. Charging excessive legal costs<BR/>4. Preferring own interests to those of client<BR/><BR/>Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct<BR/>1. Lack of competence and diligence (estate planning)<BR/>2. Breach of LPA s254 - certain money to be deposited in a trust account<BR/>3. Borrowing of funds from client<BR/>4. Fail to disclose receipt of trust money — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The decision found the practitioner guilty of professional misconduct (conflict of interests, unauthorised unsecured loan from client funds, excessive legal costs, preferring own interests) and unsatisfactory professional conduct (lack of competence/diligence in estate planning, breach of LPA s254 trust account requirements, borrowing client funds, and failure to disclose receipt of trust money). No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction details are contained in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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