Decision record

Mavrakis, George John

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)

Professionsolicitor — Mavrakis & Associates

Case number[2010] NSWADT 103

Date28-Apr-2010

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeConditions on Practising Certificate Costs Fine Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand Mentoring of solicitor by Senior Solicitor $3,000.00

Allegation / charges

1. Breach of Sections 253, 254, 255 & 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - relating to trust funds 2. Misappropriation of trust funds 3. Breach of Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct & Practice Rules 1995 by borrowing money from a client 4. Breach of Sections 253, 254, 255 & 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - relating to trust funds 5. Breach of undertaking to the Society 5 Failure to honour written undertaking to Law Society of NSW 6. Misleading communciation with other practitioner and parties 7. In relation to 2008 practising certificate renewal - the solicitor made a false declaration and misled the Law Society and made a false declaration to it — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The solicitor faced charges including breaches of trust account provisions under the Legal Profession Act 2004, misappropriation of trust funds, borrowing from a client contrary to Rule 12, breach of an undertaking to the Law Society of NSW, misleading communications, and making a false declaration on a 2008 practising certificate renewal. Conduct was characterised as professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct. No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction details are stated 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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