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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Hill, John Frederick William
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 13-Feb-1970
Law Practice:
Hill Lawyers
Business Address or Former Address:
Suite D1207 Dowling Building 780 Bourke Street Redfern NSW 2016
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

1 .Wilful breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys<BR/>2. Misappropriation<BR/>3. Wilful breach of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - failure to keep proper accounting records of trust moneys<BR/>4. Swearing an affidavit containing a statement known to the solicitor to be false<BR/>5. Misleading the Court<BR/>6. Procuring a person to swear an affidavit containing a statement known to the solicitor to be false<BR/>7. Procuring a person to mislead the Court<BR/>8. Wrongfully instructing a broker to sell 1,000 shares in the Commonwealth Bank

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 24-Jan-2005
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/549f62083004262463a20e9a&quot;&gt;Law Society of New South Wales v Hill [2005] NSWADT 31</a>]