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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Yakenian, Dickran
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 14-Dec-2001 (NSW)
14-Dec-2001 (NSW)
Law Practice:
Yakenian Solicitor
Business Address or Former Address:
Suite 4 72-74 Bathurst Street Liverpool NSW 2170
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p>1. Applied for default judgment knowing the defendants intended to file defences and without notice to the defendants and contrary to the duty to the administration of justice</p><p>2. Misled the defendants into believing they had a specific time to file a defence by: making a representation by omission that judgment would not be entered without first warning the defendants; Failed to respond to correspondence from the defendants’ solicitor notifying the lawyer the defendants anticipated filing and serving a defence by no later than a specific time and failed to inform the defendants that default judgment had been entered</p><p>3. Misled the Court in the affidavit in support of the application for default judgment</p><p>4. Applied for issue of a bankruptcy notice to the fifth defendant without prior notice</p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 21-Jun-2019
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine
Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education
Reprimand
Proceedings Instituted By:Legal Services Commissioner (NSW)
Citation:

[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5d0ae3bee4b08c5b85d8a550&quot;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Legal Services Commissioner v Yakenain [2019] NSWCATOD 98</a>]