A Standards Committee (Committee) has determined that a lawyer (Mr D) engaged in unsatisfactory conduct after he delayed acting on a client’s instructions and provided inadequate advice.

A Standards Committee (Committee) has determined a lawyer (A) and a legal executive (B) who acted in a property transaction between the parents and their adult son breached rules 3 and 6.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (Rules).