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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Hussein, Erdem
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 06-Jul-1984 (NSW)
06-Jul-1984 (NSW)
Law Practice:
(Formerly) Erdem Hussein
Business Address or Former Address:
(Formerly) Unit 2, 2A Newton Road Blacktown NSW 2148
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p>1. Failure to provide complainant with an account for costs and disbursements</p><p>2. Failure to release complainant's file and other papers notwithstanding that his account had been paid in full</p><p>3. Delay in providing a cheque to Counsel for fees although dated 11 July 2003 until 27 April 2004</p><p>4. Drawing on funds held in payment of his costs prior to providing a Memo of his Costs and Disbursements</p><p>5. Gross delay</p><p>6. Failure to communicate</p><p>7. Wilful breach of section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987</p><p>8. Wilful breach of section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987</p><p>9. Improper dealing of trust property</p><p>10. Misleading correspondence</p><p>11. Preparing and attending to the swearing of an Affidavit knowing it to be false</p><p>12. Acting unethically with respect to representations to a mortgagee</p><p>13. Delay in responding to correspondence</p><p>14. Failure to communicate</p><p>15. Failure to transfer documents</p><p>16. Knowingly misled the ANZ Bank</p><p>17. Hinder, Obstruct and Delay Investigator</p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 27-Jul-2010
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine
Reprimand
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/549f6ed93004262463a668a5&quot;&gt;The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Hussein [2010] NSWADT 182</a>]