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Lawyer Name:Kumar, Vijay
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 05-Apr-2002
Law Practice:
VK Solicitors & Associates
Business Address or Former Address:
4/11 Patrick Street Campbelltown NSW 2560
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p>1. Misappropriation of client moneys on settlement of a conveyance</p><p>2. Obstruction or misleading of an investigator</p><p>3. Deliberate misleading of the Legal Services Commissioner</p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 08-Feb-2013
Disciplinary Action:
Compensation Order
Costs
Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
(05/05/2014 - Disciplinary Action)
Appeal Status:Dismissed
Appeal Decision Date:10-Dec-2015
Appeal Information: Practitioner filed a Notice of Appeal with the NSWCA on 05/08/2014 Appeal dismissed with costs by NSWCA on 17/06/2015 Practitioner filed an Application for Special Leave to Appeal with the HCA on 15/07/2015 Appeal dismissed with costs by HCA on 10/12/2015
Proceedings Instituted By:Legal Services Commissioner (NSW)
Citation:

<p>[<a href="http://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/action/PJUDG?jgmtid=163008&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legal Services Commissioner v Kumar [2013] NSWADT 34</a>] (Finding)</p><p>[<a href="http://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/action/PJUDG?jgmtid=171191&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legal Services Commissioner v Kumar [2014] NSWCATOD 45 </a>] (Disciplinary Action)</p><p>[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/557912f1e4b06e6e9f0f6688&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Kumar v Legal Services Commissioner [2015] NSWCA 161</a>] (Appeal Decision)</p><p>[<a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCASL/2015/231.html&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vijay Kumar v Legal Services Commissioner of New South Wales [2015] HCASL 231</a>] (Special Leave to Appeal Decision)</p>