Elina, Hermansah Herman
Allegation / charges
<ol><li>Contravened section 137 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)</li><li>Mixed trust money with other money in contravention of section 146 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)</li><li>Made false declarations in the annual Law Practice Confirmation and Trust Money Statement Part A for the following financial year periods: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17</li><li>Failed to appoint an External Examiner for the law practice for the following financial year periods: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17</li><li>Failed to maintain adequate trust accounting records as required by rules 44(1) and (3), 45(1) and (2)(b), 48(2)(a) and (b) and (3) and 93 of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (General Rules)</li></ol> — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found to have engaged in professional misconduct through contraventions of sections 137 and 146 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), making false declarations in annual trust statements over four financial years, failing to appoint an external examiner over four financial years, and failing to maintain adequate trust accounting records. The provided text does not include an express finding of dishonesty or any specific sanction.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead third parties or opponents
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank
- No conflict between current clients
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=b4c346b3-8dc3-4eab-bb8f-36da2de9127f