Decision record
Gleeson, Phillip Thomas
Allegation / charges
1. Discourtesy: a. That the Respondent Solicitor failed on 4 occasions over nearly 2 years to either appear for his client himself, or arrange appropriate representation. b. The Respondent Solicitor failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the above, despite being requested by the Court to do so; c. The Respondent Solicitor’s conduct unnecessarily delayed the resolution of the proceedings; d. The Respondent Solicitor reinstated himself on the record shortly after the Court had ordered his client to remove him, and then proceeded again to not appear or arrange alternative representation for his client. — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Respondent Solicitor was found guilty of Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct arising from discourtesy: he repeatedly failed over nearly two years to appear for his client or arrange representation, failed to explain this to the Court, caused delay, and reinstated himself on the record after being ordered off, then again failed to appear. No dishonesty was found and no sanction is stated in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- Avoid wasting the court's time
- No improper communication with the court
- Cease acting on client perjury or disobedience
- No taking unfair advantage
⚠ 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=1477a3b1-b94d-4d84-b96f-c12fbe6c18f7