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Golinelli, John David

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Go Lawyers Pty Ltd
Date22-Apr-2026
HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales
OutcomeSuspension of Practising Certificate for the practice year ending 30 June 2026 $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

Failure to comply with section 155(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW (external examination of trust records) Failure to comply with rule 54(1)(b) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (give statement regarding receipt or holding of trust money) — The Australian lawyer is unable to carry out satisfactorily the inherent requirements of practice as an Australian legal practitioner

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The tribunal found the Australian lawyer failed to comply with section 155(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW regarding external examination of trust records and with rule 54(1)(b) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 regarding trust money statements, and found the lawyer unable to satisfactorily carry out the inherent requirements of practice. No express finding of dishonesty was made and no specific sanction is stated in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

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  • Decision 2026-04-22 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=64ed5a43-d9d8-4b58-81de-fe677d8d95a0