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Ghobrial, Michael

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Michael Ghobrial - Manager appointed
Case number[2024] NSWCA 307
Date20-Dec-2024
HearingSupreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal
OutcomeCosts Removal of lawyer’s name from the Roll of Australian lawyers $0.00 Disciplinary Action

Allegation / charges

On 18 September 2020, in the District Court of New South Wales (case number 2019/00157900) (District Court Proceedings) before his Honour Judge Hanley SC, the respondent adhered to pleas of guilty entered in the Local Court on 13 March 2020 with respect to two charges under s 125 of the Crimes Act 1900 as follows: a) Between 11:40am on 13 April 2018 and 11:40am on 25 October 2018 at Penrith, did steal $236,785.91, the property of Melissa ISON. b) Between 11: 40am on 13 April 2018 and 11:40am on 25 October 2018 at Penrith, did steal $246,785.91, the property of Craig HALLORAN. — Not a fit and proper person to remain on the Supreme Court Roll of Australian lawyers

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

SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundYes

The respondent adhered to guilty pleas in the District Court of NSW to two charges of stealing under s 125 of the Crimes Act 1900, having stolen $236,785.91 from Melissa Ison and $246,785.91 from Craig Halloran between April and October 2018. As a result, the respondent was found not to be a fit and proper person to remain on the Supreme Court Roll of Australian lawyers.

Duties found breached:

Aggravating factors:

  • Large sums stolen ($236,785.91 and $246,785.91)
  • Criminal convictions for stealing

Mitigating factors:

  • Pleas of guilty entered

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

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • Decision 2019-02-04 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Immediate suspension of Practising Certificate Manager appo…
  • Decision 2013-11-21 · OLSC · Australia — New South Wales · Costs Fine Reprimand $4,000.00

Matched by respondent name — may include a different person with the same name.

Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=18319d91-63ba-4d1c-9c5c-61410402f68e