Charles Alroy Goldberg [1987] NSWLST 1

The Legal Services Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : Charles Alroy Goldberg [1987] NSWLST 1 PARTIES : Charles Alroy Goldberg FILE NUMBER(S) : of CORAM: CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - fail to carry out instructions - Professional Misconduct - mislead Investigator - Professional Misconduct - fail to act honestly - Professional Misconduct - practice as a Solicitor/Barrister without a practising - Professional Misconduct - hinder investigation - Professional Misconduct - misappropriate trust moneys/moneys - Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct - mislead Investigator - Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct - fail to keep client adequately advised :- LEGISLATION CITED: Legal Practitioners' Act 1898 CASES CITED: DATES OF HEARING: 03/02/87 - 19/11/87 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/19/1987 Mr G Lindsay of Counsel LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Miss Rosemary MacDougal Mr R Allsop of Messrs Bowman & McKenzie

JUDGMENT:

The Solicitors Statutory Committee In the matter of Charles Alroy Goldberg

Statement of findings and order

This matter was referred to the Solicitors' Statutory Committee (the Committee) under the provisions of Section 76 of the Legal Practitioners' Act 1898 (the Act) by the Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (the Law Society) on 5 June, 1986 for enquiry and investigation into the matters set forth in the Schedule to the Reference which is dated 12 June, 1986. The primary materials before the Committee were the reports of Miss Jean Sayer dated 1 October, 1985, which was her first report after she had been appointed Investigator under Section 82A of the Act, reports dated 11 March, 1986, 14 November, 1986 and 22 December, 1986, the latter three following Miss Sayer's appointment as Receiver on 18 October, 1985.