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Golinelli, John David

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Go Lawyers Pty Ltd
Date24-Jun-2026
HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales
OutcomeRenewal and immediate suspension of practicing certificate for the year ending 30 June 2027 pursuant to s 78(2) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (Uniform Law); and On 22 April 2026 the practising certificate was suspended for the practising year ending 30 June 2026 $0.00 Specified Duration: Manager appointed for a period of 1 year Manager Appointed: Yes Manager Appointed

Allegation / charges

<ol><li>Failure to comply with s 155(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(external examination of trust records)</span></li><li>Failure to comply with r 54(1)(b) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 <em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(give statement regarding receipt or holding of trust money)</span></li></ol> — 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 Australian lawyer failed to comply with trust records obligations, namely s 155(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law NSW (external examination of trust records) and r 54(1)(b) of the Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (statement regarding receipt or holding of trust money). The decision found that the lawyer is unable to satisfactorily carry out the inherent requirements of practice as an Australian legal practitioner. No express finding of dishonesty is recorded, and no specific sanction is stated in the provided text.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2026-04-22 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales
  • Decision 2026-04-22 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Suspension of Practising Certificate for the practice year …

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=7940c5c0-a6aa-4d30-90d4-f0e0dd77eab0