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Lawyer Name:Fitzsimons, Christopher Ronald
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 05-Dec-1969
Law Practice:
C R Fitzsimons
Business Address or Former Address:
13/22 Wylde Street Potts Point NSW 2011
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Misappropriation</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Breaches of Section 254 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - Failure to deposit trust money in a general trust account/failure to deal with money as directed</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Breaches of Section 257 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - Failure to pay or deliver trust money as required by instructions</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Breaches of Section 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - Intermixing trust money with other money</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5. Breaches of Section 264 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - Failure to keep proper trust records</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6. Wilful breach of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust monies</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7. Breach of Supreme Court orders</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">8. Borrowing from clients in breach of Rule 12 of the Solicitors' Rules</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9. Making false entries in the official trust account cash book and/or trust ledger</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">10. Intermingling trust money with money belonging to the practitioner - other person</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">11. Misleading the Supreme Court</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">12. Misleading the District Court</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">13. Swearing false affidavits</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">14. Misleading or attempt to mislead the Administrative Decisions Tribunal</span></p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 11-Sep-2012
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

[<a href="http://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/action/PJUDG?jgmtid=161969&quot;&gt;Council of the Law Society of NSW v Fitzsimons [2012] NSWADT 285</a>]