Weller, Herbert Hugo
Allegation / charges
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Taking instructions from an aged client who lacked capacity to:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(a) become an enduring attorney for a person in an aged care facility; and</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(b) to commence Supreme Court proceedings for a writ of habeas corpus</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Failure to act competently or in the best interests of his client</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Failure to act competently and diligently in the preparation and execution of a revocation of a power of attorney, an enduring power of attorney and an appointment of enduring guardian by an aged client who lacked capacity</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Failure to act competently and diligently in the conduct of Supreme Court proceedings</span></p> — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
A practitioner was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct arising from taking instructions from an aged client who lacked capacity, failing to act competently and diligently in preparing powers of attorney and guardianship documents, and in conducting Supreme Court habeas corpus proceedings. No express finding of dishonesty was made, and no specific sanction is set out in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- No taking unfair advantage
- Protect capacity and vulnerable clients
⚠ 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=071ef17e-d4c7-4151-9708-e7981c3f7c8f