End of year office closure
The offices of the Legal Services Board and Commissioner will be closed from 2:00 pm on Wednesday 24 December 2014 and will re-open at 9:00 am on Monday 5 January 2014.
View ArticleLawyer who faked qualifications and experience banned until 2022
Former Dandenong North lawyer, Mr Luke Grosser, has been banned from holding a practising certificate until 31 December 2021 after being found guilty of a string of dishonesty offences. The Victorian...
View ArticleRingwood solicitor guilty of practising law without a ticket
A solicitor who practised law without holding a practising certificate has been found guilty of unqualified legal practice. In October 2014 the Magistrates’ Court found Ringwood sole practitioner, Mr...
View ArticleLegal Services Commissioner has moved office
Please note: the Legal Services Commissioner has moved office The Legal Services Commissioner has moved to a new office. Our contact details have changed. Our new contact details are: Address: Level 5,...
View ArticleThree-year good behaviour bond for former lawyer
A former lawyer has received a three-year good behaviour bond after implying he was still entitled to undertake legal work. Mr John Drummond, who was previously known as Mr Joseph Lo Presti, pleaded...
View ArticleFake lawyer to tyre magnate guilty of unqualified legal practice
A lay person who gave legal advice to tyre magnate Bob Jane has been found guilty of unqualified legal practice. Mr Malcolm McClure was charged by the Legal Services Board with one count of unqualified...
View ArticleFalse declaration plus creative accounting equals professional misconduct
A new solicitor, who signed a statutory declaration containing statements which he knew to be false, has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal...
View ArticleRPA News #16: February 2015
RPA News #16: February 2015 is available for download (474KB PDF). This edition discusses the Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) e-conveyancing system rollout to Victoria.
View ArticleBanned solicitor applies to remove his own name from Court roll
A solicitor who was previously banned from practising law for four years has had his name removed from the Supreme Court’s roll of legal practitioners. Mr Sammy Bektas, a former Melbourne personal...
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