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Lawyer Name:Pierpoint, Joan Margaret
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 06-Nov-1987 (NSW)
06-Nov-1987 (NSW)
Law Practice:
Joan Pierpoint & Associates Solicitors & Conveyancers
Business Address or Former Address:
Suite 4 2 Horton Street Port Macquarie NSW 2444
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

Prepared multiple Wills and Codicils for a client which conferred substantial benefits on the practitioner without referring the client to independent legal advice in breach of Rules 10.1, 11.1 and 11.2 of the Revised Professional Conduct & Practice Rules 1995

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 24-Sep-2018
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine
Reprimand
Proceedings Instituted By:Legal Services Commissioner (NSW)
Citation:

[<A HREF="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5ba42b74e4b0b9ab4020fbb4&quot;&gt;Legal Services Commissioner v Pierpoint [2018] NSWCATOD 160</A>]