Issac's style of legal letter writing is legendary. There are some quite extensive private collections out there. I recall one letter said to have been penned by the man himself which began 'Dear Sir, you are a petulant lunatic,' and after some substantive words continued 'You are a very small cog in a very big [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Trust money'
Issac's holiday; plea bargaining in disciplinary charges examined
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Discipline · Fiduciary duties · Misconduct · Practising certificates · Trust money · concurrent duties · conflicts · procedure
Kylie's one-time lawyer goes down, with a 'disgraceful and dishonourable' finding
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
On 13 August 2008, Deputy President O'Dwyer found charges of misconduct at common law made out against Kylie Minogue's one-time solicitor, the man towards the centre of the government's Operation Wickenby investigation, Michael Brereton. See Legal Services Commissioner v Brereton [2008] VCAT 1723. Mr O'Dwyer found he had transferred more than $2.3 million of [...]
Tags: "disgraceful and dishonourable" · Discipline · Legal Practice Act · Legal Services Commissioner · Misconduct · Trust money · common law · conflicts · duty and interest · prosecutorial failures
