Decision record
Youssef, Nidah
Allegation / charges
From 3 July 2018 to 3 September 2018 the respondent solicitor engaged in legal practice in New South Wales without holding a practising certificate. The respondent solicitor attempted to mislead the Law Society of New South Wales by representing to it that she did not engage in legal practice from 1 July 2018 to 12 September 2018. The respondent solicitor allowed her incorporated legal practice to operate without an authorised principal. — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The respondent solicitor engaged in legal practice in NSW without a practising certificate over a two-month period, attempted to mislead the Law Society about whether she had practised, and allowed her incorporated legal practice to operate without an authorised principal. The conduct was found to constitute unsatisfactory professional conduct. No express finding of dishonesty was made in the extract.
Duties found breached:
- No conflict between current clients
- Hold a current practising certificate
- Not misrepresent regulated status
⚠ 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=5cc14dc0-3cc6-4119-95b3-11242952ee76