‘Insightless and unrepentant’: Suspended lawyer must pay up for hoarding firm’s funds

Legal Ethics 2021-08-02 6:32 pm By Bianca Hrovat | Sydney

A suspended Sydney lawyer, who was struck off the roll of practioners for over charging an elderly client with dementia, has been ordered to return more than $400,000 in unauthorised wages, withheld client fees, Bartercard points and “secret profit” to the estate of his former partner.