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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 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct:<BR/>1. Breach section 67 LPA 2004 - not notifying a show cause event<BR/>2. Failure to honour undertaking<BR/>3. Breach of section 254 LPA 2004 - failure to deposit trust money in a trust account<BR/>4. Breach of section 260 LPA 2004 - intermixing trust money<BR/><BR/>Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct<BR/>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. Additionally, failure to communicate with a client's former solicitor was found to constitute unsatisfactory professional conduct. No express finding of dishonesty was made, and the provided text does not state a sanction.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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