Decision record

Player, Ian Alexander

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — (Formerly) Sole Principal of: Ian A Player Solicitor & Conveyancer

Case number[2007] NSWADT 191

Date22-Aug-2007

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. Wilful breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 2. Misappropriation 3. Unethical conduct (a) omitting from returns lodged with the Office of State Revenue notifications of stamp duty payable; (b) falsely stamping documents with a stamp provided by the Office of State Revenue; (c) falsely inserting transaction numbers on documents; (d) placing false letters, facsimiles, file notes and other documents in file; (e) issuing a bill of costs for work not performed. 4. Failure to carry out instructions 5. Misleading the client — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner faced charges amounting to professional misconduct, including wilful breach of s61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987, misappropriation, and various unethical conduct involving falsification of documents (false stamping, false transaction numbers, false file documents), omitting stamp duty notifications, issuing a bill for work not performed, failing to carry out instructions and misleading the client. The provided text lists the charges but does not state an express finding of dishonesty or a specific sanction.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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