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Jiang, Ren Hai

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Churchill Lawyers
Case number[2011] NSWADT 270
Date28-Oct-2011
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeAdditional Orders made by the Tribunal (see Tribunal decision) Fine Impose conditions on Practising Certificate Reprimand $9,000.00

Allegation / charges

1. Breach of undertaking 2. Misled the Vendor's Solicitor 3. Failed to render to his employer trust monies received from clients of the law practice and deposited these monies to his own account 4. Practised in contravention of the conditions of his Practising Certificate 5. Unethical conduct - the Solicitor held out and conducted a practice as an unrestricted principal when not entitled to do so — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The solicitor was found guilty of professional misconduct arising from five matters: breach of undertaking, misleading the vendor's solicitor, failing to render trust monies to his employer and depositing them into his own account, practising in contravention of his practising certificate conditions, and holding out as an unrestricted principal when not entitled. The provided text does not include an express finding of dishonesty or details of any sanction imposed.

Duties found breached:

⚠ 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=fb5aa7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e