Nachiappan, Sorna

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor

Date18-Dec-2025

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeCancellation of Practising Certificate for the practising year ending 30 June 2026 on the ground that the Lawyer is unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner: s 82(1)(d) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (Uniform Law); and Restricted the Lawyer from applying for the grant of a practising certificate for a period of two (2) years: s 94 of the Uniform Law $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

It appears the Lawyer has: Inserted signatures into four (4) costs agreements without authorisation Provided those costs agreements to the Office of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner (NSW Commissioner) in an attempt to mislead; and Made a written statement to the NSW Commissioner in an attempt to mislead — Unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner namely, she is unable to discharge: her fiduciary duties to clients; the fundamental duty to conduct herself honestly in all dealings in the course of legal practice, including in dealings with regulatory authorities; and the duty not to engage in conduct which is likely to a material degree to be prejudicial to, or diminish the public confidence in, the administration of justice, or bring the legal profession into disrepute.

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundYes

The lawyer was found to have inserted signatures into four costs agreements without authorisation, provided those documents to the NSW Legal Services Commissioner in an attempt to mislead, and made a misleading written statement to the Commissioner. As a result she was found unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner, including the duties to act honestly, to discharge fiduciary duties, and not to bring the profession into disrepute. No specific sanction is set out in the provided extract.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

Decision 2025-10-27 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Immediate suspension of Practising Certificate The Council …

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Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=3651d5d5-9dbe-479f-b476-7f8569b450ab