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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Adamson, Luke Jerome
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 30-Jun-1994
Law Practice:
Adamson Solicitors
Business Address or Former Address:
19 Central Avenue Manly NSW 2095
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

1. Breaches of section 254 LPA 2004 - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account

2. Breaches of section 255 LPA 2004 - Holding, disbursing and accounting for trust money

3. Breaches of section 260 LPA 2004 - Intermixing money

4. Breaches of section 264 LPA 2004 - Keeping trust records

5. Inappropriately borrowed moneys from a client

6. Misled persons by falsely declaring certain trust monies were held in investments on behalf of a client

7. Twice misled a barrister retained by him that monies were held in trust on account of his fees and would be paid to him

8. Breach of an order made by the Supreme Court of NSW on 1 July 2013 forbidding him from disposing of any property without leave of the Court

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 02-Jan-2019
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine $10,000
Removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation: