Decision record

Terepo, Sesilia Fehoko

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — LMJ Lawyers

Case number[2018] NSWCATOD 106

Date02-Jul-2018

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeCosts Order recommending removal of lawyer's name from the Roll of Australian Lawyers $0.00

Allegation / charges

1. Misappropriation, caused deficiency in trust funds and breaches of section 255, 264 and 263 LPA 2004 - relating to trust monies 2. Breach of section 255A LPA 2004 - manner of withdrawal of trust money from general trust account 3. Failure to comply with a requirement under section 371 LPUL (NSW) and failure to assist an investigator in the investigation of a complaint 4. Breach of Clause 66(2) Legal Profession Regulation 2005 - payment by electronic funds transfer — Grounds 1, 2 & 3 - Professional Misconduct Ground 4 - 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 professional misconduct on Grounds 1-3 (misappropriation and deficiency in trust funds and related breaches of sections 255, 264, 263 and 255A LPA 2004, plus failure to comply with a requirement under section 371 LPUL (NSW) and to assist an investigator) and unsatisfactory professional conduct on Ground 4 (breach of Clause 66(2) Legal Profession Regulation 2005). No express finding of dishonesty is recorded in the provided text, and no sanction, fine or costs are stated.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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