Decision record

Tees, Alexander Andrew

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor

Date16-Jul-2026

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeCancellation of Practising Certificate for the year ending 30 June 2027 pursuant to s 82(1)(d) of the Uniform Law On 18 June 2026, immediate suspension of Practising Certificate for the year ending 30 June 2026 pursuant to s77 of the Uniform law Renewal and immediate suspension of the Lawyer’s practising certificate for the year ending 30 June 2027 pursuant to s78(2) of the Uniform Law $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

Notice issued to the Lawyer pursuant to s 83 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (Uniform Law) stating that Council was proposing to cancel his practising certificate on the ground specified in s 82(1)(d) of the Uniform Law. The grounds identified in the Notice were as follows: a. The Lawyer may have acted contrary to a condition on his practising certificate; b. The Lawyer may have improperly dealt with funds from an Estate. — Unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The Council issued a notice under s 83 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) proposing to cancel the Lawyer's practising certificate under s 82(1)(d), on grounds that he may have acted contrary to a condition on his certificate and may have improperly dealt with Estate funds, and was unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner. The text provided is the notice/proposal and contains no express finding of dishonesty or final sanction determination.

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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