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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Winter, Ronald William
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 11-Jul-1980 (NSW)
11-Jul-1980 (NSW)
Law Practice:
Ron Winter Legal
Business Address or Former Address:
PO Box 69 Hunters Hill NSW 2110
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

1. Pursuing recovery of Court ordered costs on behalf of a company, and representing to the self represented opponent that he was purporting to act as solicitor for the company, at a time and in circumstances where he both ought to have known the company?s registration was in jeopardy and failed to take steps to ensure that the company continued to exist as a legal entity, and where he ought to have known he did not have valid instructions to act on behalf of the company. <BR/>2. Knowingly making a false statement to the opponent, in breach of Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors? Conduct Rules 2015, r22.1.<BR/>3. Recklessly misleading the Court, in breach of Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors? Conduct Rules 2015, r19.1. <BR/>

Finding:Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct Professional Misconduct - Ground 2 and cumulatively
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 02-Jan-2019
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine
Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education
Reprimand
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5c25581ae4b0b9ab40212b6d&quot;&gt;Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Winter [2019] NSWCATOD 2</a>] (Finding 02/01/2019)<BR/>[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5cb66a5ee4b0196eea406294&quot;&gt;Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Winter (No 2) [2019] NSWCATOD 57</a>] (Disciplinary Action 18/04/2019)