Decision record

Markovski, Norma Miniano

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Markovski Lawyers

Date04-May-2009

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeAdditional Orders made by the Tribunal (see Tribunal decision) Conditions on Practising Certificate Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand $0.00

Allegation / charges

1. Acted for Argyrios Tsantilis and Aspasie Tsantilis on a loan made to them of which they had no knowledge 2. Purporting to witness signatures of Argyrios Tsantilis and Aspasie Tsantilis on a Statutory Declaration dated 6 September 2005 when such persons did not sign in her presence. 3. Purporting to witness their signatures as applicants for a new Certificate of Title when such persons did not sign in her presence 4. Purporting to witness the signature of Mr Tsantilis on a Statutory Declaration dated 8 September 2005 when the Respondent did not do so 5. Signing Certificates of Independent Legal Advice dated 8 September 2005 knowing them to be false 6. Purporting to witness the signatures of Mr & Mrs Tsantilis on a Statutory Declaration dated 8 September 2005 when she did not do so — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The respondent solicitor was found to have committed professional misconduct in relation to a loan transaction affecting Argyrios and Aspasie Tsantilis, including acting on a loan of which they had no knowledge, falsely purporting to witness signatures on statutory declarations and title documents that were not signed in her presence, and signing Certificates of Independent Legal Advice knowing them to be false. The extract does not record an express finding of dishonesty or any sanction imposed.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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