Lawyer Julian Hall will appear in court next week to set a date for a long form preliminary inquiry into allegations that he stole over $500,000.

Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves told Mr. Hall of Foothills Road, Devonshire that he didn't want a long drawn out hearing.

The mention is for next Friday.

He is charged with stealing $551,044 from Betty McMahon between November 1996 and February 1996, while he was power of attorney to her estate.