Decision record
Sideris, George
Allegation / charges
In the course of legal practice the solicitor: sent correspondence directly to the client of another solicitor, in breach of rule 33 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW) (Conduct Rules); and sent correspondence to the client of another solicitor, and to staff and representatives of another solicitor's client, which was discourteous contrary to rule 4.1.2 of the Conduct Rules. — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The solicitor was found to have engaged in professional misconduct by sending correspondence directly to the client of another solicitor in breach of rule 33, and by sending discourteous correspondence to another solicitor's client, staff and representatives contrary to rule 4.1.2 of the Conduct Rules. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Professional independence
- No direct dealing with represented party
- Act in the client's best interests
- Keep client informed and respond promptly
- No conflict between current clients
- Competence
- Diligence and timeliness
- Firm governance, systems and compliance
- Good faith and courtesy to colleagues
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Documents
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=6e2340f0-de4d-4b9f-bf12-f1e2602a24fa