Decision record
Roberts, Dai Peter
Allegation / charges
Professional Misconduct 1. Gross negligence & delay/gross delay 2. Failed to comply with a Notice under Section 152 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 3. Misappropriated trust monies 4. Breached Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust moneys 5. Misled Court/Tribunal 6. Misled client 7. Failed to keep client adequately advised 8. Failed to account 9. Failed to pay counsel's fees Unsatisfactory professional conduct 1. Misled Law Society 2. Delay 3. Failed to respond to client 4. Failed to safely secure documents — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The document lists findings of professional misconduct including gross negligence and delay, failure to comply with a Section 152 notice, misappropriation of trust monies, breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987, misleading the court, client and Law Society, failure to account and failure to pay counsel's fees, alongside unsatisfactory professional conduct. No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction or costs details are stated in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead the court
- No improper communication with the court
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Diligence and timeliness
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
- Not mislead the court
- No improper communication with the court
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
- No improper use of client money
- Prompt accounting and return of money
- Diligence and timeliness
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
- Pay instructed practitioners and agents
Documents
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=285da7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e