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Lawyer Name:Adamson, Luke Jerome
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 30-Jun-1994
Law Practice:
Adamson Solicitors
Business Address or Former Address:
19 Central Avenue Manly NSW 2095
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p>1. Breaches of section 254 LPA 2004 - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account</p><p>2. Breaches of section 255 LPA 2004 - Holding, disbursing and accounting for trust money</p><p>3. Breaches of section 260 LPA 2004 - Intermixing money</p><p>4. Breaches of section 264 LPA 2004 - Keeping trust records</p><p>5. Inappropriately borrowed moneys from a client</p><p>6. Misled persons by falsely declaring certain trust monies were held in investments on behalf of a client</p><p>7. Twice misled a barrister retained by him that monies were held in trust on account of his fees and would be paid to him</p><p>8. Breach of an order made by the Supreme Court of NSW on 1 July 2013 forbidding him from disposing of any property without leave of the Court</p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 02-Jan-2019
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine
Removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

<p>[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/5c25853de4b0b9ab40212ba1&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Council of the Law Society of NSW v Adamson [2019] NSWCATOD 7</a>]</p>