Decision record

Pitsikas, Spero

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — S Pitsikas & Associates

Case number[2006] NSWADT 102

Date07-Apr-2006

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeCosts Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00

Allegation / charges

1. Failure to account for trust money in breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 2. Failure to keep proper trust records in breach of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 3. Wilful breaches of trust account regulations 4. Failure to carry out instructions 5. Failure to disclose that instructions not followed 6. Lying to client 7. Failure to transfer file to new solicitors appointed by client, failure to honour undertaking 8. Failure to comply with Section 152 Notice — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundYes

The practitioner faced eight charges including trust account breaches (ss61 and 62 Legal Profession Act 1987), wilful breaches of trust account regulations, failure to carry out and disclose non-compliance with instructions, lying to the client, failure to transfer the file/honour an undertaking, and failure to comply with a s152 Notice. The conduct was characterised as professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct. Lying to the client indicates a dishonesty finding. No sanction, fine, or costs figures 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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