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Lawyer Name:Hart, John Peter
Lawyer Type:Barrister
Date/s of Admission/s: 19-Dec-1986
Business Address or Former Address:
7 Tecoma Street Heathcote NSW 2233
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

1. Failed to promptly or within a reasonable time return to a client money paid in advance where demand was made for its return<BR/>2. Failed to provide a cost disclosure to a client upon receipt of instructions to act on her behalf, contrary to the requirements of Section 309 of the Legal Profession Act 2004<BR/>3. Accepted instructions from a client directly (she being a person who is not a solicitor or a professional acting as such) without making disclosure in accordance with Rule 80 of the NSW Barristers? Rules

Finding:Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 30-Sep-2009
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Fine
Impose conditions on Practising Certificate
Reprimand
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the New South Wales Bar Association
Citation:

[<A HREF="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/549f65fc3004262463a3950a&quot;&gt;The Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Hart [2009] NSWADT 252</A>]