LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER ANNUAL REPORT 2012

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No.VCATref.DateApplicationreferredHearingdate(s)Name oflegalpractitionerType of Charge(s)Finding(s)of VCATDate andOrdersmade12 J72/2011 24/05/2011 20/01/2012 MAPOMBERE,WilbertProfessional misconductand Unsatisfactoryprofessional conduct:charging a contingencyfee; charging grosslyexcessive legal costs(x2); failure to deposittrust monies in a trustaccount and failureto discharge the lawpractice’s obligations inrelation to trust money(x2); misappropriatingtrust funds in breach ofthe Act and regulation3.3.34 of Legal ProfessionRegulations 2005;wilfully and/or recklesslybreaching a conditionof the practising certificate(x2)Professionalmisconduct;Unsatisfactoryprofessionalconduct20/01/2012 –Reprimanded;fined $5,000;practice to beconducted for aperiod of at least12 months subjectto the conditionpractitionernot authorisedto receivetrust money;if practitionerapplies fora practisingcertificate withauthority toreceive trustmoney, must firstcomplete 10 hoursof relevant legaleducation; payLSC costs fixedat $4,440.4013 J69/2011 24/05/2011 03/05/2012 DHANAPALA,SulaikaDilruksheenProfessional misconduct:unauthorised receiptof trust money; breachof r3.3.34(3) – cosigningcheques forFirst, Second, Thirdand Fourth withdrawaland consequentialmisappropriation of trustmoney; breach s3.4.29 –entering into a contingencyfee agreement andexacerbated by resultantcharging of grosslyexcessive legal costsProfessionalmisconduct andUnsatisfactoryprofessionalconduct23/05/2012 –Reprimanded;fined $1,000; payLSC costs fixed at$4,00014 J84/2011 29/06/2011 18/10/2011;14/11/2011MERCADER,FeUnsatisfactoryprofessional conduct:lodging and/or refusingto withdraw a caveatover land where legalpractitioner knew and/orought to have known nocaveatable interest, andproviding information tothe Registrar of Titles thatlegal practitioner oughtto have known was false;contravention ProfessionalConduct and PracticeRules 2005 (r18.4.2) –dealing directly withopponent’s clientUnsatisfactoryprofessionalconduct14/11/2011 –Reprimanded;undertakecourses for 10CPD points overnext 12 monthsin conveyancing,trusts and familylaw in addition tothose requiredto be undertakenunder the Act andRules; pay LSCcosts to be agreedor taxed on CountyCourt scale byCosts Court92 Legal Services COMMISSIONER Annual Report 2012
No.VCATref.DateApplicationreferredHearingdate(s)Name oflegalpractitionerType of Charge(s)Finding(s)of VCATDate andOrdersmade15 J90/2011 30/06/2011 19/03/2012 RUSHFORD,RobertProfessional misconductbeing misconduct atcommon law: failure toaccount for trust money;failure to comply with anOrder of the Tribunal madeunder the 1996 ActMisconductunder 1996 Act;Professionalmisconduct inrelation to thisapplication,J89/2011 andJ88/201107/06/2012– Practisingcertificate notto be grantedbefore 1 July2019; Practisingcertificateentitling to actas principal of apractice or holdtrust money notto be grantedbefore 1 July2022; Tribunalrecommendsto SupremeCourt that thepractitionername be removedfrom local roll ofpractitioners; payLSC costs fixed at$11,815.5016 J89/2011 30/06/2011 19/03/2012 RUSHFORD,RobertProfessional misconduct:engaging in legal practiceor representing qualifiedto engage in legal practicewhen not entitled to;receiving trust moneyafter ceasing to hold apractising certificate;contravention s182 of 1996Act and/or r 18 and/or 19of Trust Account PracticeRules 2003 – failure tomaintain trust records;contravention s184(1)of 1996 Act – failure tolodge trust account auditreports; contraventions185(1) of 1996 Act –failure to have recordskept under s192 auditedby an approved auditor;contravention s185(3)of 1996 Act – failure tolodge audit reports 60days after end of periodto which audit relates;contravention r 21Trust Account PracticeRules 2003 – failure toreconcile trust records;contravention s4.4.11(1)(a) of the Act – failure tocomply with a request for afull written explanation ofconductMisconduct;Professionalmisconduct(see J90/2011)7/06/2011 –Orders weremade under VCATreference J60 inno. 1517 J88/2011 30/06/2011 19/03/2012 RUSHFORD,RobertProfessional misconduct:contravention s188(1)(a) of 1996 Act – having adeficiency in trust account;contravention s174(3) of1996 Act – unauthorisedtransfer of trust money;contravention s4.4.11(1)(a) of the Act – failureto provide a full writtenexplanation of conductsubject of a disciplinarycomplaintMisconduct;Professionalmisconduct(see J90/2011)7/06/2011 –Orders weremade under VCATreference J60 inno. 15Legal Services COMMISSIONER Annual Report 2012 93
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contentsAbout the Legal Services Co
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Education and OutreachIn accordance
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chapter 01REPORT OF OPERATIONSThis
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Overcharging complaint resolved wit
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An explanation and apology resolved
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Oldham v Law Institute of Victoria
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Complaints outstandingThere were 57
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