Decision record
Reid, Benjamin Paul
Allegation / charges
Notice issued to the Lawyer pursuant to s 77 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (Uniform Law) immediately suspending his practising certificate pending investigation into withdrawal of trust funds without apparent authorisation. — Necessary in the public interest to immediately suspend Practising Certificate The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales is considering whether to start, continue or complete action under Part 3.5 of the Uniform Law and considers it necessary in the public interest to suspend the practitioner’s practising certificate immediately.
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales issued a notice under s 77 of the Uniform Law immediately suspending the practitioner's practising certificate pending investigation into the withdrawal of trust funds without apparent authorisation, considering it necessary in the public interest while deciding whether to take action under Part 3.5. This was an interim regulatory suspension, not a disciplinary finding, and no finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=e57fc916-adea-43a0-baf9-b3119b9c7dad