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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Abboud, Leslie Elias
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 09-Jul-1982 (NSW)
09-Jul-1982 (NSW)
Law Practice:
Gerard Malouf & Partners Pty Limited
Business Address or Former Address:
Ground Floor 25-27 Grose Street Parramatta NSW 2151
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<ol><li>Sending an email to a medico-legal expert attaching X-ray scans of an injury including the words "Only rely on it if it helps us"</li><li>Failing to review an email sent to the opposing party's solicitor which had deleted the words "Only rely on it if it helps us" from the historical email trail</li></ol>

Finding:Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 23-Feb-2021
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education
Reprimand
Proceedings Instituted By:NSW Legal Services Commissioner
Citation:

<p><a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/177c7c0da5fd1971ef3d7682&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);"><strong>NSW Legal Services Commissioner v Leslie Elias Abboud [2021] NSWCATOD 23</strong></a></p>