| Lawyer Name: | Winter, Ronald William |
| Lawyer Type: | Solicitor |
| Date/s of Admission/s: |
11-Jul-1980 (NSW)
11-Jul-1980 (NSW)
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| Law Practice: | Ron Winter Legal |
| Business Address or Former Address: | PO Box 69 Hunters Hill NSW 2110 |
| Place of Issue of Practising Certificate: | New South Wales
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| Substance of Conduct Matter: | 1. Pursuing recovery of Court ordered costs on behalf of a company, and representing to the self represented opponent that he was purporting to act as solicitor for the company, at a time and in circumstances where he both ought to have known the company?s registration was in jeopardy and failed to take steps to ensure that the company continued to exist as a legal entity, and where he ought to have known he did not have valid instructions to act on behalf of the company. <BR/>2. Knowingly making a false statement to the opponent, in breach of Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors? Conduct Rules 2015, r22.1.<BR/>3. Recklessly misleading the Court, in breach of Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors? Conduct Rules 2015, r19.1. <BR/> |
| Finding: | Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Professional Misconduct - Ground 2 and cumulatively |
| By: | NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
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| Date: | 02-Jan-2019 |
| Disciplinary Action: | Costs
Fine
Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education
Reprimand
$10,000.00 |
| Proceedings Instituted By: | Council of the Law Society of New South Wales |
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