| Lawyer Name: | Adamson, Luke Jerome |
| Lawyer Type: | Solicitor |
| Date/s of Admission/s: |
30-Jun-1994
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| Law Practice: | Adamson Solicitors |
| Business Address or Former Address: | 19 Central Avenue Manly NSW 2095 |
| Place of Issue of Practising Certificate: | New South Wales
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| Substance of Conduct Matter: | <p>1. Breaches of section 254 LPA 2004 - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account</p><p>2. Breaches of section 255 LPA 2004 - Holding, disbursing and accounting for trust money</p><p>3. Breaches of section 260 LPA 2004 - Intermixing money</p><p>4. Breaches of section 264 LPA 2004 - Keeping trust records</p><p>5. Inappropriately borrowed moneys from a client</p><p>6. Misled persons by falsely declaring certain trust monies were held in investments on behalf of a client</p><p>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</p><p>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</p> |
| Finding: | Professional Misconduct
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| By: | NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
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| Date: | 02-Jan-2019 |
| Disciplinary Action: | Costs
Fine
Removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
$10,000.00 |
| Proceedings Instituted By: | Council of the Law Society of New South Wales |
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