Decision record

Thadsanamorthy, Viji

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — Viji Thadsan Solicitor

Case number[2019] NSWCATOD 96

Date28-Jun-2019

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeCosts Fine Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand $5,000.00

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct 1. Breach of section 137 LPUL - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account 2. Breach of section 146 LPUL - Intermixing money 3. Misappropriation Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct 1. Breach of section 254 LPA - Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust account 2. Issued a tax invoice and charged GST when not entitled (x2) 3. Breach of section 258A LPA - Trust money received in the form of cash 4. Breaches of rule 48 NSW Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2013 - Failure to keep file register — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The tribunal found the practitioner committed professional misconduct through breaches of sections 137 and 146 LPUL and misappropriation, and unsatisfactory professional conduct including a breach of section 254 LPA, wrongly charging GST on two occasions, a breach of section 258A LPA regarding cash trust money, and breaches of rule 48 of the NSW Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2013 for failing to keep a file register. The provided text does not state any sanction, and no express finding of dishonesty is recorded.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

Documents

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