The Tribunal found that a solicitor's admitted failures in trust account management, provision of false information to the regulator, conflicts of interest, and non-payment of employee superannuation constituted professional misconduct warranting removal from the roll, and that the respondent's early cooperation, bankruptcy, clean disciplinary history, and cessation of practice did not collectively constitute exceptional circumstances under s 462(1) of the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) sufficient to displace the statutory costs obligation.
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