Decision record

Kennedy, Jarrod Ross

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — (Formerly) Mills Oakley Lawyers (Principal)

Case number[2011] NSWADT 313

Date16-Aug-2011

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeCosts Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00

Allegation / charges

1. Misappropriation (x141) 2. Failure to account (x89) 3. Wilful breach Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1984 - Handling of trust monies (x93) 4. Wilful breach of Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1984 - keeping of trust accounts (x97) 5. Wilful breach of Section 255 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - holding, disbursing and account for trust money (x28) 6. Wilful breach of Section 257 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - transit money (x 4) 7. Wilful breach of Section 262 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - Deficiency in trust account (x 12) 8. Wilful breach of Section 264 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 - keeping proper trust records in relation to trust money received (x23) 9. Defrauding or attempting to defraud the Office of State Revenue (x61) 10. Drawing false invoice (x1) — Professional Misconduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundYes

The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct involving extensive dishonesty: 141 counts of misappropriation of trust monies, 89 failures to account, numerous wilful breaches of trust-account provisions under the Legal Profession Acts 1984 and 2004, 61 counts of defrauding or attempting to defraud the Office of State Revenue, and drawing a false invoice. The text records the findings but does not state the penalty imposed or any costs order.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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Documents

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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=fd58a7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e