Decision record
Angelovski, Lupco Vanchov
Allegation / charges
1. Failed to attend court to instruct Counsel when instructed to do so and when in receipt of a grant of Legal Aid to so attend 2. Failed to act in accordance with Legal Aid Practice Standards 3. Recklessly misled the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner 4. Failed to act competently and/or diligently 5. Misled clients in relation to the status and progress of their matters (x3) 6. Delayed the progress of a client's workers compensation matter 7. Gross negligence 8. Failed to act in accordance with a client's instructions 9. Failed to comply with undertakings to the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner 10. Gross delay — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have engaged in Professional Misconduct and Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct across ten heads, including failing to attend court, breaching Legal Aid Practice Standards, recklessly misleading the Legal Services Commissioner, misleading clients about their matters, gross negligence, gross delay, failing to follow instructions, and breaching undertakings. The misleading conduct was found to be reckless rather than dishonest, and no express finding of dishonesty was made. The provided text does not specify the sanction imposed or any costs.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead the court
- Avoid wasting the court's time
- No improper communication with the court
- No taking unfair advantage
- Act only on proper, lawful instructions
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=ba5fa7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e