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Lawyer Name:Kernaghan, Aaron Noel
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 15-Dec-2000 (NSW)
15-Dec-2000 (NSW)
Law Practice:
Kernaghan & Associates Pty Ltd
Business Address or Former Address:
Level 4 2 Coombe Street Wollongong NSW 2500
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

<p>Professional Misconduct</p><ol><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Failed to honour an undertaking</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Committing various trust monies breaches concerning multiple clients and events between December 2015 and July 2016</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Failed to answer a s 370 Notice</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Failed over a lengthy period to meet his practice’s fiscal obligations, namely with respect to superannuation and taxation</span></li></ol><p><br></p><p>Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct</p><ol><li>F<span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">ailed to comply with costs disclosure obligations </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Failed to pay a tax invoice of an expert&nbsp;</span></li></ol>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division
Date: 20-Jun-2022
Disciplinary Action:
Costs
Reprimand
Solicitor to undertake and complete further legal education
Employment and medical conditions imposed on the Solicitor’s practising certificate
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

<p><a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1816f5b35e1fff15f4a6e986&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Kernaghan (No 2) [2022] NSWCATOD 64</a></p>