Quinones, Joseline Carol

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Universal Lawyers Pty Ltd

Case number[2023] NSWCATOD 43

Date27-Jan-2022

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeReprimand Solicitor to undertake and complete further legal education Within seven days of completing the tutorial, is to provide to the Law Society’s Director Legal Regulation, a report which demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Director, the solicitor’s understanding of matters dealt with in the tutorial $0.00 Appeal Status: Dismissed Appeal Decision

Allegation / charges

<ol><li>The Solicitor failed to pay the Complainant’s invoice dated 17 September 2019 for the sum of $17,600.00 (the Invoice) for work performed pursuant to a total of four (4) costs agreements (the Costs Agreements).</li><li>The Solicitor failed to take money into trust for the payment of the Complainant’s fees, which was a condition of the Costs Agreements.</li><li>The Solicitor failed to advise her client of the Costs Agreements.</li><li>The Solicitor failed to pay the Invoice within the time period specified in the Costs Agreements.</li></ol> — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The Solicitor was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct arising from failing to pay a $17,600.00 invoice for work performed under four costs agreements, failing to take money into trust as required, failing to advise her client of the costs agreements, and failing to pay the invoice within the specified time. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Documents

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