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Malakhov, Vadym Leonidovych

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Malakhoff & Koloyaroff Legal
Case number[2023] NSWCATOD 182
Date13-Dec-2023
HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
OutcomeCosts Fine Reprimand Solicitor to undertake and complete further legal education $2,500.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

<p>Ground 1: Breached rule 34.1.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 (Conduct Rules) in the course of representing a client, making a statement which grossly exceeded the legitimate assertion of the rights or entitlements of his client, and which did intimidate [the wife] or further or alternatively reasonably would have intimidated a person in the position of [the wife].</p><p><br></p><p>Ground 2: Breached rule 5.1.2 of the Conduct Rules by engaging in conduct in the course of practice, which was likely to a material degree to bring the profession into disrepute.</p> — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The solicitor was found to have committed professional misconduct on two grounds: breaching rule 34.1.1 by making an intimidating statement that grossly exceeded the legitimate assertion of his client's rights against the wife, and breaching rule 5.1.2 by engaging in conduct likely to bring the profession into disrepute. 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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