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Law Society of New South Wales v Hocking [2017] NSWCATOD 19

From July 2009 to January 2014, Bruce Percy Hocking was working as a solicitor. He was also the director of DC Legal Pty Ltd.

During that time, the firm mishandled trust money, used client money to pay the firm's bills, charged excessive fees, and misappropriated client money.

In March 2014, the NSW applied to have Hocking removed from the Roll of Local Lawyers for professional misconduct and for misleading the Law Society investigator.

Hocking argued that he wasn't involved in the relevant client matters and that he wasn't responsible for the managing the trust accounts, despite being the director of the firm throughout the relevant time period.