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Lawyer Name:Weller, Herbert Hugo
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 11-Mar-1977 (NSW)
11-Mar-1977 (NSW)
Law Practice:
Herbert Weller
Business Address or Former Address:
6 Bridge Street Windsor NSW 2756
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Taking instructions from an aged client who lacked capacity to:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(a) become an enduring attorney for a person in an aged care facility; and</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(b) to commence Supreme Court proceedings for a writ of habeas corpus</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Failure to act competently or in the best interests of his client</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Failure to act competently and diligently in the preparation and execution of a revocation of a power of attorney, an enduring power of attorney and an appointment of enduring guardian by an aged client who lacked capacity</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Failure to act competently and diligently in the conduct of Supreme Court proceedings</span></p>

Finding:Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:NSW Legal Services Commissioner
Date: 25-Nov-2020
Disciplinary Action:
Fine
Reprimand
Appeal Status:Dismissed
Appeal Decision Date:24-Jun-2022
Proceedings Instituted By:Lawyer
Citation:

<p><a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/18189d5f69de8f48a8e32001&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Weller v NSW Legal Services Commissioner [2022] NSWCATOD 67</a></p>