Decision record

Green, Barbara Ann

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Hermann & Green

Case number[2022] NSWCA 257

Date14-Dec-2022

HearingSupreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal

OutcomeCosts Removal of lawyer’s name from the Roll of Australian lawyers $0.00

Allegation / charges

Serious criminal conduct - dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception contrary to s 192E(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Taking deliberate advantage on numerous occasions of opportunities arising out of her employment, and the trust reposed in her, as a solicitor Repeated and intentional breaches of the professional rules imposed for the protection of client trust funds. — Not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll of Australian Lawyers

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

SanctionStrike Off

Dishonesty foundYes

The solicitor engaged in serious criminal conduct, dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception under s 192E(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), taking repeated deliberate advantage of her employment and position of trust, and repeatedly and intentionally breaching professional rules protecting client trust funds. The tribunal found her dishonest and not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll of Australian Lawyers.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

Repeated and intentional conduct on numerous occasions
Abuse of trust reposed in her as a solicitor and arising from her employment

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

Duties engaged

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