Decision record

Beazley, Philip James

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Beazley Boorman Lawyers

Case number[2017] NSWCATOD 35

Date15-Mar-2017

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeCosts Fine Reprimand $6,000.00

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct: 1. Breach section 67 LPA 2004 - not notifying a show cause event 2. Failure to honour undertaking 3. Breach of section 254 LPA 2004 - failure to deposit trust money in a trust account 4. Breach of section 260 LPA 2004 - intermixing trust money Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct 1. Failure to communicate with client's former solicitor — Professional Misconduct 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 through breaches of sections 67, 254 and 260 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (failing to notify a show cause event, failing to deposit trust money in a trust account and intermixing trust money) and failing to honour an undertaking, as well as unsatisfactory professional conduct for failing to communicate with the client's former solicitor. No express finding of dishonesty and no sanction, fine or costs are stated in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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