Hughes, Owen Maldwyn

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)

Professionsolicitor — (Former practice) Beesley Hughes (Manager appointed)

Date03-Apr-2023

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeRefusal of grant of practising certificate $0.00 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

Findings made by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in May 2019 and the Federal Court of Australia in July 2020 that Mr Hughes’ conduct towards his former employee amounted to sexual harassment, the findings, declaration and reprimand of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner dated 24 November 2021, breach of an undertaking, non compliance with Management System Direction, declarations made in practising certificate renewal applications, the appointment of a manager to the practice and the declaration of bankruptcy in November 2020. — Not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate

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

SanctionRevocation

Dishonesty foundNo

Following findings by the Federal Circuit Court (May 2019) and Federal Court (July 2020) that Mr Hughes sexually harassed a former employee, together with a reprimand by the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, breach of an undertaking, non-compliance with a Management System Direction, issues with declarations in practising certificate renewals, appointment of a manager to his practice and his bankruptcy in November 2020, it was determined that he is not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

Decision 2024-06-27 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Refusal of grant of practising certificate for the year end…
Decision 2021-11-24 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Reprimand $0.00 About About the OLSC The Commissioner His…
Decision 2002-12-23 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Reprimand $0.00 About About the OLSC The Commissioner His…

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=dde57101-409e-4aaf-829b-bb9c8bf47793