Kennedy, Paul Herbert
Allegation / charges
1. The Solicitor breached Rule 12 of the Revised Conduct and Practice Rules dealing with borrowing transactions<BR/>2. Negligent in failing to secure registration of the second mortgage<BR/>3. Engaged in unethical conduct by breaching the rule against borrowing from a client<BR/>4. Negligent in failing to seek consent of the first mortgage<BR/>5. Acted in a conflict of interest and preferred his own interests to those of his client — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The solicitor was found to have committed professional misconduct arising from a borrowing transaction with a client. He breached Rule 12 on borrowing transactions, was negligent in failing to register a second mortgage and in failing to obtain the first mortgagee's consent, engaged in unethical conduct by borrowing from a client, and acted in a conflict of interest by preferring his own interests over his client's. No express finding of dishonesty was made, and no sanction is 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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