| Lawyer Name: | Lee, Pei Sze |
| Lawyer Type: | Solicitor |
| Date/s of Admission/s: |
27-Apr-2009
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| Law Practice: | Pei Sze Lee t/as NSW Solicitor |
| Business Address or Former Address: | Unit 3, Level 1, 137 Burwood Road, Burwood NSW 2134 |
| Place of Issue of Practising Certificate: | New South Wales
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| Substance of Conduct Matter: | <ol><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Failed to cooperate with, and thereby obstructed, the manager appointed to the Law Practice under s 334 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Ground 1)</span></li><li>Participated in the affairs of the Law Practice after service on her of notice of the appointment of the manager contrary to s 335(1) of the Uniform Law (Ground 2)</li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Engaged in legal practice when she was not entitled to do so contrary to s 10 of the Uniform </span>Law (Ground 3)</li><li>Engaged in legal practice without holding professional indemnity insurance (Ground 4)</li><li>Failed to maintain legal files to a standard of competence and diligence of a reasonably competent lawyer (Ground 5)</li><li>Caused a Transfer to be stamped with a transaction number when she knew that duty had not been paid on the transaction, or she did not know and ought to have known whether duty had been paid on the transaction (Ground 6)</li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Caused a Transfer to be stamped with a transaction number when she knew that the Declaration for </span>‘Off the Plan’ Purchases had not been completed, or she did not know and ought to have known whether the Declaration for ‘Off the Plan’ Purchases had been completed (Ground 7)</li><li>Failed to comply with a notice issued to her pursuant to s 371 of the Uniform Law (Ground 8)</li></ol> |
| Finding: | Professional Misconduct
on the basis of each of grounds 1 to 7 individually and grounds 1 to 8 collectively; and
Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct on the basis of the ground 8 |
| By: | NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
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| Date: | 25-Jul-2024 |
| Disciplinary Action: | Costs
Fine
Lawyer to undertake and complete further ethics education
Reprimand The Lawyer may not apply for a practising certificate that would authorise her to be a principal of a law practice until after she has held five (5) practising certificates in five (5) separate practising certificate years that authorise her to engage in supervised legal practice only$10,000.00 |
| Proceedings Instituted By: | Council of the Law Society of New South Wales |
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