| Lawyer Name: | Berger, Victor |
| Lawyer Type: | Solicitor |
| Date/s of Admission/s: |
14-Feb-1969
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| Law Practice: | Milne Berry & Berger |
| Business Address or Former Address: | 154 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000 |
| Place of Issue of Practising Certificate: | New South Wales
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| Substance of Conduct Matter: | <p>1. Failure to make costs disclosure to clients</p><p>2. Breach undertakings to Legal Services Commissioner</p><p>3. Purporting to act under power of attorney after donor of power died</p><p>4. Purporting to act as exectuor when no grant of probate</p><p>5. Failing to comply with Court order</p><p>6. Breaches of sections 254, 255 & 259 LPA 2004 causing deficiencies in trust account</p><p>7. Overcharging</p><p>8. Misappropriation</p><p>9. Applying and receiving trust money in breach of the terms of the agreement under which received</p><p>10. Failure to deposit trust money into a trust account</p><p>11, Preferring own interests over those of client</p> |
| Finding: | Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
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| By: | NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
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| Date: | 21-Sep-2017 |
| Disciplinary Action: | Costs
Removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
$0.00 |
| Appeal Status: | Dismissed |
| Appeal Decision Date: | 23-May-2019 |
| Proceedings Instituted By: | Council of the Law Society of New South Wales |
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