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Lawyer Name:Berger, Victor
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 14-Feb-1969
Law Practice:
Milne Berry & Berger
Business Address or Former Address:
154 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p>1. Failure to make costs disclosure to clients</p><p>2. Breach undertakings to Legal Services Commissioner</p><p>3. Purporting to act under power of attorney after donor of power died</p><p>4. Purporting to act as exectuor when no grant of probate</p><p>5. Failing to comply with Court order</p><p>6. Breaches of sections 254, 255 &amp; 259 LPA 2004 causing deficiencies in trust account</p><p>7. Overcharging</p><p>8. Misappropriation</p><p>9. Applying and receiving trust money in breach of the terms of the agreement under which received</p><p>10. Failure to deposit trust money into a trust account</p><p>11, Preferring own interests over those of client</p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 21-Sep-2017
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
Appeal Status:Dismissed
Appeal Decision Date:23-May-2019
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

<p>[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/59c0b66ee4b074a7c6e18cab&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Law Society of NSW v Berger (No. 1) [2017] NSWCATOD 137</a>] (Finding 21/09/2017))</p><p>[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5a4c609ae4b058596cbad7ab&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Council of the Law Society of NSW v Berger (No. 2) [2018] NSWCATOD 4</a>] (Disciplinary Action 05/01/2018)</p><p>[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5ce380aee4b02a5a800c0f1d&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Berger v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 119</a>](Appeal 23/05/2019)</p>