Yakenian, Dickran
Allegation / charges
<p>1. Applied for default judgment knowing the defendants intended to file defences and without notice to the defendants and contrary to the duty to the administration of justice</p><p>2. Misled the defendants into believing they had a specific time to file a defence by: making a representation by omission that judgment would not be entered without first warning the defendants; Failed to respond to correspondence from the defendants’ solicitor notifying the lawyer the defendants anticipated filing and serving a defence by no later than a specific time and failed to inform the defendants that default judgment had been entered</p><p>3. Misled the Court in the affidavit in support of the application for default judgment</p><p>4. Applied for issue of a bankruptcy notice to the fifth defendant without prior notice</p> — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have engaged in Professional Misconduct arising from applying for default judgment knowing the defendants intended to defend and without notice, misleading the defendants about the time to file a defence, misleading the Court in a supporting affidavit, and applying for a bankruptcy notice without prior notice. No express finding of dishonesty is recorded in the provided text, and no sanction details are stated.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead the court
- Full disclosure on ex parte applications
- No improper communication with the court
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=8a5ba7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e