Decision record

Lahoud, Rita

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionbarrister

Case number[2025] NSWCATOD 79

Date25-Jun-2025

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeCosts Under s 302(1)(j) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law 2015 (NSW) the Respondent is not to apply for an Australian practising certificate for a period of 18 months from the date of this decision $0.00

Allegation / charges

Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct: Ground 1: Breached Rule 8(c) of the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 - engaged in conduct which is likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession Professional Misconduct: Ground 2: Breached Rule 8(a) of the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 - engaged in conduct which is dishonest — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundYes

A barrister was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct by breaching Rule 8(c) (conduct likely to diminish public confidence in the profession) and professional misconduct by breaching Rule 8(a) (dishonest conduct). The tribunal expressly found the conduct to be dishonest. No sanction, fine or costs orders are stated in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Documents

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