Lawyer Name: | Levick, Wayne Ronald |
Lawyer Type: | Solicitor |
Date/s of Admission/s: |
18-Dec-1987
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Law Practice: | (Formerly) Wayne Levick & Associates |
Business Address or Former Address: | (Formerly) Floor1 13 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown NSW 2148 |
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate: | New South Wales
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Substance of Conduct Matter: | <p>Professional Misconduct:</p><p>1. The solicitor wilfully breached s.61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust monies</p><p>2. The solicitor wilfully breached s.62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - keeping of trust accounts</p><p>3. The solicitor misappropriated trust moneys</p><p><br></p><p>Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct:</p><p>1.(a) In letters to Bar Association - use of grossly offensive language</p><p>(b) Displayed a contemptuous disregard for the solicitor’s professional status as a legal practitioner, as an officer of the Court and the statutory disciplinary roles of the Legal Services Commissioner and the Bar Council.</p><p>2. Failed to comply with conditions of practising certificate in that the practitioner failed to attend the Solicitors Trust Accounting Course and failed to successfully complete the course<img src="http://www.disciplinaryregister.justice.nsw.gov.au/icons/ecblank.gif" height="1" width="1"></p> |
Finding: | Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
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By: | Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
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Date: | 09-Mar-2007 |
Disciplinary Action: | Costs
Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
$0.00 |
Proceedings Instituted By: | Council of the Law Society of New South Wales |
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