Reid, Benjamin Paul

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Reid & Vesely

Date27-Mar-2025

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeSuspension of the Solicitor’s practising certificate for the year ending 30 June 2025 (under s 77 of the Uniform Law) $0.00 Disciplinary Action

Allegation / charges

Notice issued to the Lawyer pursuant to s 77 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (Uniform Law) immediately suspending his practising certificate pending investigation into withdrawal of trust funds without apparent authorisation. — Necessary in the public interest to immediately suspend Practising Certificate The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales is considering whether to start, continue or complete action under Part 3.5 of the Uniform Law and considers it necessary in the public interest to suspend the practitioner’s practising certificate immediately.

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

SanctionSuspension

Dishonesty foundNo

This is a s 77 notice of immediate interim suspension of a lawyer's practising certificate pending investigation into alleged withdrawal of trust funds without apparent authorisation. It is a precautionary public-interest measure while the Law Society considers action under Part 3.5 of the Uniform Law; no disciplinary findings (including dishonesty) had yet been made.

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

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=e57fc916-adea-43a0-baf9-b3119b9c7dad