Decision record
White, Geoffrey Allan
Allegation / charges
1. Misappropriation of trust moneys 2. Failure to account (x2) 3. Wilful breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys (x16) 4.Wilful breach of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - keeping of trust accounts (x14) 5. Borrowing from client in breach of Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct and Practice Rules (x2) 6. Causing deficiency in trust account (x3) — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct in relation to trust money, including misappropriation of trust moneys, two failures to account, sixteen wilful breaches of s61 (handling of trust moneys) and fourteen of s62 (keeping trust accounts) of the Legal Profession Act 1987, two instances of borrowing from a client contrary to Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct and Practice Rules, and three instances of causing a deficiency in the trust account. No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction is set out in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- Proper basis for allegations
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=f158a7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e