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Abboud, Leslie Elias

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Gerard Malouf & Partners Pty Limited
Date05-Oct-2023
HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales
OutcomeFine Reprimand Recommendation to the Council of the Law Society that discretionary conditions be imposed on the Solicitor’s Practising Certificate for the years ending 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2026 $10,000.00 About ​ About the OLSC The Commissioner History Mission statement Structure Contact ​ Contact the OLSC Give us your feedback: online surveys Access to information (GIPAA) Community information ​ Information for lawyers Fact sheets FAQs Other regulatory and complaint-handling organisations Contact LawAccess NSW for legal information " You and Your Lawyer", Hot ​​Topics 78 Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of NSW​ , provides access to information about the law in NSW regarding your lawyer Privacy Copyright and Disclaimer Website accessibility

Allegation / charges

On 28 November 2018, the Respondent Solicitor acted unethically, in the course of legal practice by engaging in abusive, threatening or discourteous conduct towards professional colleagues, outside of Court Room 4 in the ACT Supreme Court. On 28 November 2018, the Respondent Solicitor acted unethically in the course of legal practice by making offensive, discourteous and derogatory statements in court before a Senior Deputy Registrar of the ACT Supreme Court. — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The Respondent Solicitor was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct on 28 November 2018 by behaving in an abusive, threatening and discourteous manner towards professional colleagues outside Court Room 4 and by making offensive, discourteous and derogatory statements in court before a Senior Deputy Registrar of the ACT Supreme Court. No finding of dishonesty was made, and the provided text does not specify a sanction.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=1188aa7e-1bb4-461a-86f9-637cbefa618f