Serious and repeated trust account mismanagement, including failure to reconcile trust accounts monthly, unauthorised withdrawals, abandonment of practice without notice to clients, and gross overcharging, will result in a finding that a practitioner is not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll and will be struck off. A practitioner's attempt to blame an employee for trust account deficiencies will not be accepted where the practitioner failed to comply with mandatory reconciliation obligations.
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