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Berry, Graham Leonard

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Graham L Berry
Case number[2005] NSWADT 46
Date04-Mar-2005 Appeal Decision
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeProfessional Misconduct

Allegation / charges

ADT Failure to comply with a Notice issued pursuant to Section 152 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) Solicitor's name was removed from the Roll; Costs Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal - By consent: 1. The decision of the ADT was quashed by the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal on 28 April 2005 2. His name was restored to the Roll 3. From 5.00pm on Friday 29 April 2005 he was to cease practice as a solicitor 4. His practising certificate was to be surrendered at 5.00pm Friday 29 April 2005 5. He will not seek to obtain a practising certificate in NSW or any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia at any time in the future. 6. The Information filed pursuant to the Legal Profession Act 1987 (ADT 04/2026) was dismissed — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The ADT found professional misconduct for failure to comply with a s152 Notice and removed the solicitor's name from the Roll. On appeal, the NSW Court of Appeal by consent quashed that decision on 28 April 2005 and restored his name to the Roll, but he undertook to cease practice, surrender his practising certificate, and never again seek a practising certificate anywhere in Australia; the Information was dismissed. Costs were addressed but no amount is stated. No express finding of dishonesty.

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=8a5da7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e