Decision record

Doherty, Peter John

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — (Formerly) Lloyd Lancaster Pty Ltd

Case number[2009] NSWADT 296

Date30-Nov-2009

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeAdditional Orders made by the Tribunal (see Tribunal decision) Conditions on Practising Certificate Costs Cancellation of practising certificate from 25 September 2009 to 25 September 2010 $0.00 Appeal Status: Dismissed Appeal Decision

Allegation / charges

1. Breach Section 255 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - holding, disbursing and accounting for trust money 2. Misappropriation of trust monies 3. Knowingly mislead the client 4. Unreasonable delay 5. Failure to account 6. Acted in conflict of interest and preferred own interest to those of his client. 7. Breach Rule 12 Legal Profession Conduct & Practice Rules 8. Breach section 67(2)(a) of the Legal Profession Act 2004 — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The text sets out a list of allegations against a legal practitioner concerning trust money, including breach of section 255 of the Legal Profession Act 2004, misappropriation of trust monies, knowingly misleading the client, unreasonable delay, failure to account, and acting in conflict of interest, together with breaches of Rule 12 and section 67(2)(a) (professional misconduct). The excerpt contains only the charges and no express findings, sanction, or costs orders.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=8a5ca7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e