Decision record

Chegwidden, John Graham

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Graham Chegwidden Solicitor & Barrister

Date26-Apr-2019

HearingNSW Legal Services Commissioner

OutcomeReprimand Requirement of a solicitor to successfully complete a trust accounting course within a reasonable period, or in any event within 6 months $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. Caused a deficiency in trust account 2. Breach of sections 135, 138, 144, 147, 148, 151, 154 and 192 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) - relating to handling of trust monies 3. Breach of Rules 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 and 52 of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 - relating to keeping of trust account records 4. Failed to pay superannuation entitlements — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct arising from causing a deficiency in the trust account, multiple breaches of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) and Uniform General Rules regarding handling of trust monies and trust account records, and failure to pay superannuation entitlements. 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

Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=115ea7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e