Barrister reprimanded over courtroom snub of judge

According to the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner’s (OLSC) Register of Disciplinary Action, Mandoh displayed “persistent discourtesy” towards the court by repeatedly failing to stand and bow to the judge and regularly arriving late to court.

On top of that, the barrister was found to have “repeatedly” asked “leading questions” while examining witnesses, made “impermissible submissions”, and delivered his closing address with “inaccurate or misleading statements”.

The decision was handed down on 23 June 2026.

Mandoh has been a practising lawyer for more than two decades, having been admitted in April 2004.

According to the OLSC Register of Disciplinary Action, he currently practises as a barrister at Gateway Chambers, where his LinkedIn profile indicates he has worked for almost three years.

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The Council of the Law Society of NSW has also reprimanded a solicitor at national law firm Russell Kennedy after finding she had breached the Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015.

According to the OLSC Register of Disciplinary Action, Amy Louise Jenkins was disciplined over an email the regulator found to be “discourteous” and in breach of the conduct rules.

The OLSC also found the email went “beyond legitimate advocacy” and was intended to “embarrass or frustrate” another person, finding the conduct breached Jenkins’ professional obligations.

In addition to the reprimand, the OLSC ordered Jenkins to complete legal ethics training through the Law Society’s Professional Support Unit within six months and submit a written apology to the complainant within three months.

In a separate decision, Claire Osborn Booth, a solicitor with C. O. Booth Law & Advisory, had her application to renew her practising certificate for the practice year ending 30 June 2027 refused by the Council of the Law Society of NSW.

The decision, published online a few weeks ago, does not set out the reasons for refusing the application.