Decision record

Gray, Roger Winchester

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Grays Lawyers

Date29-Jun-2007

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales Supreme Court of New South Wales

OutcomeSuspension of Practising Certificate $0.00 About About the OLSC The Commissioner History Mission statement Structure Contact Contact the OLSC Give us your feedback: online surveys Access to information (GIPAA) Community information Information for lawyers Fact sheets FAQs Other regulatory and complaint-handling organisations Contact LawAccess NSW for legal information " You and Your Lawyer", Hot Topics 78 Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of NSW , provides access to information about the law in NSW regarding your lawyer Privacy Copyright and Disclaimer Website accessibility

Allegation / charges

1. Breached Section 61(3)(b) Legal Profession Act. 1987 - handling of trust moneys 2. Breached Clause 78 Legal Profession Regulation 2002 - 3. Breached Section 261(1)(b) Legal Profession Act, 2004 - dealing with trust moneys 4. Breached Clause 88 Legal Profession Regulation 2005 - withdrawing trust money for legal costs 5. breached Section 255(1)(b) Legal Profession Act 2004 - holding, disbursing and accounting for trust moneys 6. Breached Section 61(2) of Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust moneys 7. Breached Clause 78 Legal Profession Regulations 2002 - receipt and withdrawal of money for costs and disbursements 8. Breached Section 263(1) Legal Profession Act 2004 - reporting trust irregularities 9. Breached Section 262 Legal Profession Act 2004 - deficiency in trust account 10. Misappropriated trust monies 11. Overcharged his client in respect of both costs and disbursements 12. Falsified the letter dated 28 March, 2007 and distribution statement 13. Delayed in the finalization of Estates

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner was found to have committed numerous breaches relating to the handling, disbursement and accounting of trust moneys under the Legal Profession Acts 1987 and 2004 and associated Regulations, including misappropriating trust monies, overcharging clients for costs and disbursements, falsifying a letter and distribution statement, and delaying finalisation of estates. The provided text lists only the findings and does not state any sanction, dishonesty finding, or costs.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=9559a7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e