Decision record

Nasr, Joe

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

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

Professionsolicitor — CPC Lawyers

Case number[2015] NSWCATOD 70

Date10-Jul-2015

HearingNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division

OutcomeConditions on Practising Certificate Reprimand $0.00

Allegation / charges

Ground 1: Misappropriation of trust money Ground 2: Breach of section 258 LPA 2004 - dealing with trust money received in the form of cash Ground 3: Failure to comply with section 671 LPA 2004 - failure to comply with investigatory powers etc Ground 6: Breaches of section 264 LPA 2004 - keeping trust records Ground 7: Breach of section 244(3) LPA 2004 - dealing with money entrusted or held for investment purposes Ground 13: Failure to comply with a Notice issued pursuant to section 660 LPA 2004 requiring information Grounds 4 & 5: Unethical conduct Ground 11: Overcharing — Professional Misconduct Grounds 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 13 Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct Grounds 4, 5 and 11

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

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct on Grounds 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 13 (misappropriation of trust money, handling trust cash contrary to s.258, failing to comply with investigatory powers under s.671, failing to keep trust records under s.264, breaching s.244(3) regarding investment money, and failing to comply with a s.660 information notice) and of unsatisfactory professional conduct on Grounds 4, 5 and 11 (unethical conduct and overcharging). No express finding of dishonesty is recorded in the text provided, and no sanction or costs order is stated.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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