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Thadsanamorthy, Viji

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Viji Thadsan Solicitor
Case number[2019] NSWCATOD 96
Date28-Jun-2019
HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
OutcomeCosts Fine Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand $5,000.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct<BR/>1. Breach of section 137 LPUL - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account<BR/>2. Breach of section 146 LPUL - Intermixing money<BR/>3. Misappropriation<BR/><BR/>Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct<BR/>1. Breach of section 254 LPA - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account<BR/>2. Issued a tax invoice and charged GST when not entitled (x2)<BR/>3. Breach of section 258A LPA - Trust money received in the form of cash<BR/>4. Breaches of rule 48 NSW Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2013 - Failure to keep file register — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The document sets out charges against the practitioner comprising professional misconduct (breaches of ss 137 and 146 LPUL and misappropriation) and unsatisfactory professional conduct (breach of s 254 LPA, wrongly charging GST on two occasions, breach of s 258A LPA regarding cash trust money, and breaches of rule 48 of the NSW Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2013 for failing to keep a file register). No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction details are contained in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail?id=a759a7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e