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Lawyer Name:White, Geoffrey Allan
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 11-May-1979
Law Practice:
(Formerly) Sole Principal of White & Downey (2003)
Business Address or Former Address:
(Formerly) L1 238 Darling Street Balmain NSW 2041
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

1. Misappropriation of trust moneys<BR/>2. Failure to account (x2)<BR/>3. Wilful breach of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - handling of trust moneys (x16)<BR/>4.Wilful breach of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - keeping of trust accounts (x14)<BR/>5. Borrowing from client in breach of Rule 12 of the Revised Professional Conduct and Practice Rules (x2)<BR/>6. Causing deficiency in trust account (x3)

Finding:Professional Misconduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 19-Jan-2011
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=150030&quot;&gt;The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v White [2011] NSWADT 10</A>]