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Lawyer Name:Maloney, Shane Michael
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 06-Jul-1984
Law Practice:
(Formerly) North Coast Prime Law
Business Address or Former Address:
(Formerly) 18 Bowra Street Nambucca Heads NSW
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Breach of Section 264 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by not depositing trust money into a trust account (x4)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Breach of Section 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by intermixing trust money with other money (x3)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Misappropriation of client funds (x8)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Breach of Section 264 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by not keeping trust records in a way that at all times discloses the true position (x9)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5. Breach of Section 255 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by not holding and disbursing trust money exclusively for the benefit of the client (x8)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6. Breach of Section 259 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by using trust monry to pay the debts of the law practice (x6)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7. Breach of Section 261 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by improperly withdrawing money for the payment of the legal costs owing to the practice</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">8. Breach of Section 262 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - by causing a deficiency in a trust account without reasonable excuse (x9)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9. False statement to the executor of an estate with the intention to mislead (x4)</span></p>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 24-Aug-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=162252&quot;&gt;Council of the Law Society of NSW v Maloney [2012] NSWADT 259</a>]