Australia: Lawyer reprimanded, fined for leaving client files in shambles

An NSW lawyer was reprimanded and banned from working as a principal for five years for a number of offences, including meddling with official documents and leaving client files that dealt with purchases worth millions of dollars in shambles.

In addition to the reprimand and ban, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) fined and imposed education orders on solicitor Pei Sze Lee for seven grounds of professional misconduct and an additional ground for a failure to comply with a notice.

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