The lawyer is personally responsible for paying the proper fees of counsel, agents and other practitioners they instruct, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
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Zhang, Shijing
<p>Failure to pay Counsel’s fees until ordered to do so by Local Court</p> — Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
Solicitor to undertake and complete further legal education To undertake training pursuant to section 299(1)(e)(i) of the LPUL $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 -
Henry, Catherine Anne
<p>On or about 16 December 2019, the Respondent Solicitor made false statements about the status of funds relating to the matter in which the Complainant (a barrister) had been engaged on behalf of the Respondent Solici…
Solicitor to undertake and complete further legal education $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 -
Kernaghan, Aaron Noel
<p>Professional Misconduct</p><ol><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Failed to honour an undertaking</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Committing various trust monies breaches concerning multip…
Costs Reprimand Solicitor to undertake and complete further legal education Employment and medical conditions imposed on the Solicitor’s practising certificate $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Kernaghan, Aaron Noel
<p><strong>Professional Misconduct</strong></p><ol><li>Breached an undertaking to the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner</li><li>Breach section 137 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) - Certain trust money …
To be determined by the Tribunal $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Richard Charles Prescott
Breaches, Client Money, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Autore, Anthony
1. Failure to comply with undertaking<BR/>2. Failure to pay barrister fees — Professional Misconduct
Costs Fine Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand $5,000.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Mahony, John Francis Thomas
1. Falsely witnessed the signature of his fellow director<BR/>2. Attempted to mislead the Law Society of NSW<BR/>3. Failed to pay Counsel's fees — Professional Misconduct
Costs Fine Reprimand $4,000.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Paul Anthony Dumbleton & Martin James Gabriel & Barrie Yorath Jones
Breaches, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Russo, Salvatore
1. Breach of section 255 LPA 2004 - not holding trust money in a trust account, failing to disburse trust money only in accordance with direction given by client<BR/>2. Failure to pay Counsel's fees<BR/>3. Failure to ac…
Costs Fine Reprimand Practitioner lodged an appeal in the NSWCA in relation to the NCAT orders of 12/4/2016 removing practitioner's name from the local Roll $20,000.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Greenstein, David
<p>1. Contravened a condition on his practising certificate for the years ending 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2012</p><p>2. Failed to comply with his undertaking to the Law Society</p><p>3. Failed to respond to corresponden…
Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Andreone, Francesco Leonardo
1. Misappropriation of trust money<BR/>2. Breach of trust account requirements<BR/>3. Failure to pay barristers<BR/>4. Failure to account<BR/>5. Failure to pay PAYE deductions and GST<BR/>6. Failure to pay employer's co…
Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers 24/07/2014 (Disciplinary Action) $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Andrew John Cresswell
Breaches, Client Money, Failures, Others
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Paul Francis Fallon
Breaches, Client Money, Failures, Others, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Mee Ling, Paul Adrian
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Application no. 102024:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Failure to comply with undertaking</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Failure to comply wi…
Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Paul Henry Sherriff
Breaches, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
Suspend - Indefinite 1 PDF -
Ekes, Hector
Failure to pay counsel fees in relation to invoices dated 27 July 2006 and 1 August 2006 — A reasonable likelihood of a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct
Reprimand $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 -
Nicopoulos, James
1. Delay in submitting BAS to the ATO<BR/>2. Delay in remitting GST & PAYG to the ATO<BR/>3. Wilful breach of Section 61 Legal Profession Act 1987 -handling of trust moneys<BR/>4. Wilful breach of Section 62 Legal Profe…
Additional Orders made by the Tribunal (see Tribunal decision) Costs Fine Reprimand $4,000.00 Proceedings Instituted -
S Mireskandari & C S Turbin
Breaches, Client Money, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
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Muir, Brian Thomas Gregory
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Breached Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act,1987 - handling of trust moneys</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Breached Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act…
Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Mohammed Riaz
Breaches, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Others
Suspend - Indefinite 1 PDF -
Graham, Ian Douglas
1. Wilful breaches of Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust moneys<BR/>2. Wilful breaches of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - keeping of trust accounts<BR/>3. Misappropriation of t…
Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted -
Kojo Asare
Client Money, Delays, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Others
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Malcolm Congreve Brown
Client Money, Criminal Convictions, Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Others
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Jane Elizabeth Loveday
Client Money, Delays, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Others
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Dennis Alphonso Cummings-John
Breaches, Failures, Solicitors' Accounts Rules
Strike off 1 PDF