CARELESS SOLICITOR
TRUST ACCOUNT NOT AUDITED BOOKS IN CHAOTIC STATE. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, November 15. ‘r rom the report of the auditors it 1S ‘l u J fa, clear that great carelessness and lack of attention were shown ” said Mr Bundle, S.M., in fining John Munro Gillies £6O for failing as a solicitor to have a trust account audited Last Wednesday Gillies was suspended from practice by the Supreme Court pending consideration by the Appeal Court of an application to strike him °a j tho rol,s - Ifc was stated bv Mr Adanis, Crown Solicitor, that ‘an investigation showed a deficit of £570. r 11 been kept since the end of March. 1925, and even competent accountants were unable to arrive at the true position. ai '5' r hifa(for the defendant) stated that the- defendant had been ill. and , absent from business since February Even costs credited to the defendant were not shown.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 2
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153CARELESS SOLICITOR New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 2
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