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Nicholson, Mark Anthony

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Not Practising
Date31-Mar-2011
HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales
OutcomeReprimand $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

1. Represented himself as a solicitor in correspondence when he was not the holder of a practising certificate.<BR/>2. Represented himself as a solicitor in the Local Court when he was not the holder of a practising certificate.<BR/>3. Held himself out as a solicitor when not entitled to do so. <BR/>4. Practised without a Practising Certificate — A reasonable likelihood of a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner faced allegations of holding himself out as a solicitor and practising without a valid practising certificate, giving rise to a reasonable likelihood of a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct. The provided text contains only the charges; no express findings, dishonesty determination, or sanction details are set out.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=985ba7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e