Decision record

McCarron, Christopher Francis

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — HB Legal Pty Ltd

Case number[2025] NSWCATOD 154

Date14-Nov-2025

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeCosts Fine Reprimand The Respondent’s application for an order for confidentiality pursuant to s 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) (“the NCAT Act”) is dismissed. $3,000.00

Allegation / charges

The solicitor acted in a conflict of interest in connection with the sale of properties in circumstances where he and his wife, were: (a) the creditors and second mortgagees at the time of the sale of one property; and/or (b) the mortgagees in possession exercising a power of sale with respect to the sale of another property; and/or (c) the mortgagees for the purchaser in the sale. — Professional Misconduct The Tribunal finds that the Solicitor has engaged in professional misconduct within the meaning of s 297 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW) (“the Uniform Law”) with respect to the alleged conduct particularised in the Instrument of Consent

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The Tribunal found that the solicitor engaged in professional misconduct under s 297 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW) by acting in a conflict of interest in property sales where he and his wife held interests as creditors/second mortgagees, mortgagees in possession, and mortgagees for the purchaser. The finding was made pursuant to an Instrument of Consent. No express finding of dishonesty was made, and no sanction details were provided in the text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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