Decision record

Golinelli, John David

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Go Lawyers Pty Ltd

Date22-Apr-2026

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeSuspension of Practising Certificate for the practice year ending 30 June 2026 $0.00 About About the OLSC The Commissioner History Mission statement Structure Contact Contact the OLSC Give us your feedback: online surveys Access to information (GIPAA) Community information Information for lawyers Fact sheets FAQs Other regulatory and complaint-handling organisations Contact LawAccess NSW for legal information " You and Your Lawyer", Hot Topics 78 Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of NSW , provides access to information about the law in NSW regarding your lawyer Privacy Copyright and Disclaimer Website accessibility

Allegation / charges

Failure to comply with section 155(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW (external examination of trust records) Failure to comply with rule 54(1)(b) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (give statement regarding receipt or holding of trust money) — The Australian lawyer is unable to carry out satisfactorily the inherent requirements of practice as an Australian legal practitioner

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The matter concerned an Australian lawyer who failed to comply with trust record obligations under section 155(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW and rule 54(1)(b) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015, and was found unable to satisfactorily carry out the inherent requirements of legal practice. No express finding of dishonesty and no specific sanction is stated in the provided excerpt.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

No documents recorded.

Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=64ed5a43-d9d8-4b58-81de-fe677d8d95a0