Zaki, Nader Youssef
Allegation / charges
Failure to apply for renewal of practising certificates before 30 June between 2014 -2023 raising concerns that the lawyer has practised without a practising certificate and/or professional indemnity insurance Failure to respond, or respond adequately to correspondence from the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner and to a notice issued under s371 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (Uniform Law) by the NSW Legal Services Commissioner The lawyer is an undischarged bankrupt Failed to disclose his bankruptcy and to notify the Law Society Council of certain events as required by ss 51 and 88 of the Uniform Law — Not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The lawyer failed to renew practising certificates over 2014-2023 (raising concerns of practising without a certificate and/or insurance), failed to respond to the Legal Services Commissioner's correspondence and a s371 notice, was an undischarged bankrupt, and failed to disclose the bankruptcy and notify the Law Society Council as required under ss 51 and 88 of the Uniform Law. The tribunal found he is not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate. No express finding of dishonesty and no specific sanction detail is contained in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
- Hold a current practising certificate
- Self-report to the regulator
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=ab2721c9-4ca7-4e1b-8200-859d7e2c5bf6