| Lawyer Name: | Galloway, Brett William |
| Lawyer Type: | Solicitor |
| Date/s of Admission/s: |
08-Apr-1988
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| Law Practice: | Galloways Solicitors & Attorneys |
| Business Address or Former Address: | Level 4 177 William Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010 |
| Place of Issue of Practising Certificate: | New South Wales
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| Substance of Conduct Matter: | <p>1. Breaches of Section 262 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - deficiency in trust account</p><p>2. Failure to report Trust irregularities to the Society contrary to Section 263(i) of the Legal Profession Act 2004</p><p>3. Causing unidentified transactions to be posted to a miscellaneous Trust ledger</p><p>4. Unauthorised payments from the Trust account to the office account</p><p>5. Failure to implement a compliant trust account record</p><p>6. Failure to deposit transit money received in cash into its trust account</p><p>7. Failure to lodge an External Examiners Report within the required period</p><p>8. Failure to report to Austrac significant cash transactions</p><p>9. Failure to supervise staff</p><p>10. Failure to pay superannuation entitlements and annual leave entitlements and provide a Group Certificate to an employee</p> |
| Finding: | Professional Misconduct
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| By: | Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
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| Date: | 23-Jul-2012 |
| Disciplinary Action: | Additional Orders made by the Tribunal (see Tribunal decision)
Costs
Fine
Reprimand
$8,000.00 |
| Proceedings Instituted By: | Council of the Law Society of New South Wales |
| Citation: | |
