Garry Gray Cameron [1997] NSWLST 11

Garry Gray Cameron [1997] NSWLST 11

On the evidence, Garry Gray Cameron misappropriated $57,575.44 of client funds and committed wilful breaches of statutory and regulatory obligations in relation to trust accounts and client monies, amounting to professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 August 1997
Procedural Posture
Professional Misconduct Complaint / Final Determination
Outcome
name removed from Roll of Legal Practitioners in New South Wales; costs order
Legal Topics
['professional Misconduct' 'trust Account Misappropriation' 'breach of Statutory Duties']
['legal Profession Regulation'] ['professional Misconduct' 'trust Account Misappropriation' 'breach of Statutory Duties']

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Procedural Posture

Professional Misconduct Complaint / Final Determination

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Did Garry Gray Cameron misappropriate client funds?' 'Did Garry Gray Cameron breach sections 61 and 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987?' 'Did Garry Gray Cameron breach Regulation 11(2)(c) of the Trust Account and Controlled Money Regulation?' 'Did Garry Gray Cameron breach section 24A of the Victims Compensation Act?']

Ratio Decidendi

On the evidence, Garry Gray Cameron misappropriated $57,575.44 of client funds and committed wilful breaches of statutory and regulatory obligations in relation to trust accounts and client monies, amounting to professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct.

Court Disposition

name removed from Roll of Legal Practitioners in New South Wales; costs order

Orders

  • ['That the name of Garry Gray Cameron be removed from the Roll of Legal Practitioners in New South Wales.' 'That the Solicitor pay the costs of the Law Society in such sum as the parties may agree, and in the absence of agreement, as determined by the Tribunal.']