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Register of Disciplinary Action

Lawyer Name:Hughes, Owen Maldwyn
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 14-Feb-1986 (NSW)
14-Feb-1986 (NSW)
Law Practice:
(Formerly) Beesley and Hughes
Business Address or Former Address:
(Formerly) 16 Bryon Street Bangalow NSW 2479
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<ol><li>Failure to disclose AHRC sexual harassment complaint to the Law Society in his practising certificate renewal application</li><li>Failure to disclose sexual harassment proceedings to the Law Society in his practising certificate renewal application, the declarations, findings and orders made by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia - Full Court</li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The findings, declarations and reprimand of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner dated 24 November 2021</span></li><li>Declarations made by Mr Hughes in his practising certificate applications in 2017 and 2018 that were false and misleading</li><li>Failure to comply with an undertaking</li><li>Failure to comply with a Management System Direction</li><li>Trust account irregularities</li><li>The appointment of a manager to Mr Hughes’ practice in 2019</li><li>Bankruptcy (2020) and</li><li>The determination made by Council on 03 April 2023, that Mr Hughes was not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate.</li></ol>

Finding:Not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate
By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Date: 27-Jun-2024
Disciplinary Action:
Refusal of grant of practising certificate
for the year ending 30 June 2024