Decision record

Henwood, Deborah Joy

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)

Professionsolicitor

Date30-Apr-2024

HearingCouncil of the Law Society of New South Wales

OutcomeRefusal of grant of practising certificate $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

Allegation / charges

Failure to furnish any submissions to the Law Society Council detailing why she is a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate despite (1) the appointment of a Manager to her law practice, Henwood Lawyers, in November 2014 (2) failure to comply with a Notice under section 95 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) in June 2016, and (3) the refusal by the Council to grant the lawyer a practising certificate in June 2016 — Not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The lawyer failed to provide submissions to the Law Society Council showing she was a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate, following the appointment of a Manager to her practice in November 2014, her failure to comply with a section 95 Notice in June 2016, and the Council's refusal to grant her a practising certificate in June 2016. She was found not to be a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

Appointment of a Manager to her law practice, Henwood Lawyers, in November 2014
Prior refusal by the Council to grant a practising certificate in June 2016

⚠ 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=20347033-f576-4662-9169-b0bdffbb1f25