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Deigan, Carolyn Patricia

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor
Date21-Oct-2003
HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales
OutcomeStatutory suspension of Practising Certificate $0.00 Practising Certificate Reinstated : Yes Practising Certificate Reinstated

Allegation / charges

On 21 October 2003 the Council of the Law Society of New South Wales noted that it had not been able to make a determination for the purposes of Section 38FC of the Legal Profession Act, 1987, with respect to the notifications made by Carolyn Patricia Deigan. The Law Society Council further noted on that date that an indefinite statutory suspension of the practising certificate of Carolyn Patricia Deigan followed in accordance with the provisions of Section 38FH of the Legal Profession Act, 1987. The Council of the Law Society further noted that Section 38FG(2) of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 requires the Legal Services Commissioner to take over the determination of the matter when a statutory suspension of a practising certificate arises. The Legal Services Commissioner will now make a determination pursuant to his powers contained within Division 1AA, Part 3 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987

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

SanctionSuspension
Dishonesty foundNo

The Law Society Council noted on 21 October 2003 it could not make a determination under s38FC of the Legal Profession Act 1987 regarding notifications by Carolyn Patricia Deigan. An indefinite statutory suspension of her practising certificate followed automatically under s38FH, and the Legal Services Commissioner was required to take over determination under s38FG(2). No findings of misconduct or dishonesty are stated in this notice.

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

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2006-11-03 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales
  • Decision 2005-02-15 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Fine Reprimand $500.00

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=775ea7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e