Sideris, George
Allegation / charges
In the course of legal practice the solicitor: sent correspondence directly to the client of another solicitor, in breach of rule 33 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW) (Conduct Rules); and sent correspondence to the client of another solicitor, and to staff and representatives of another solicitor's client, which was discourteous contrary to rule 4.1.2 of the Conduct Rules. — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The solicitor was found to have engaged in professional misconduct by sending correspondence directly to another solicitor's client in breach of rule 33, and by sending discourteous correspondence to another solicitor's client and staff contrary to rule 4.1.2 of the Conduct Rules. No dishonesty finding was made and the sanction is not stated in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
- No improper communication with the court
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Professional independence
- No direct dealing with represented party
- Act in the client's best interests
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
- Competence
- Diligence and timeliness
- Firm governance, systems and compliance
- Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
Other decisions involving this respondent
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Documents
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=6e2340f0-de4d-4b9f-bf12-f1e2602a24fa