Solicitor who falsely claimed witness to signature reprimanded
By Naomi Neilson|26 April 2021
A NSW solicitor who falsely claimed to witness a signature on an enduring power of attorney and failed to disclose the effect of the document to the principal before it was signed has been publicly reprimanded and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.
Retired solicitor Dora Marie Maddock has been publicly reprimanded, ordered to pay the fine and ordered to pay the Legal Services Commissioner’s costs consequent on the finding of professional misconduct after the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) found she falsely represented being a witness to a signature.