Federal Court of Australia
SUPREME COURT OF NORFOLK ISLAND
Registrar, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island v Walsh (No 4) [2017] NFSC 7 File number: SC 2 of 2016
Judges: GILMOUR J
Date of judgment: 22 December 2017
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – legal practitioner - application to remove solicitor from roll of legal practitioners – whether solicitor guilty of professional misconduct – whether solicitor guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct – failure to comply with a duty to act with integrity and candour as a legal practitioner – failure to respond personally to the Registrar of the Norfolk Island Supreme Court's request for information – making of false, discourteous or offensive statements about other legal practitioners – no breach of duty to know and understand the law
Legislation: Norfolk Island Act 1979 (Cth) s 52 Supreme Court Act 1960 (NI) ss 5(1), 5(2) Legal Profession Act 1993 (NI) s 18A(1) Legal Profession Act 2006 (ACT) ss 386 and 387 Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) ss 127(1), 127(2) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 496 and 497 Legal Profession Act 2008 (WA) ss 402 and 403
Cases cited: Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales [2000] HCA 2; (2000) 169 ALR 236 Bechara v Legal Services Commissioner (2010) 79 NSWLR 763; [2010] NSWCA 369 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Clyne v NSW Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; (2005) 223 CLR 1 Fidock v Legal Profession Complaints Committee [2013] WASCA 108 Giannarelli v Wraith [1988] HCA 52; (1988) 165 CLR 543 Jago v District Court of NSW [1989] 168 CLR 23 Kennedy v The Council of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales (1939) 13 ALJR 563 Law Society of Tasmania v A (a practitioner) [2002] TASCC 9 Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Caine [2010] WASAT 178 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279 O'Halloran v Legal Profession Complaints Committee [2013] WASCA 59 Re B [1982] 2 NSWLR 372 Re Davis (1947) 75 CLR 409 Registrar, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island v Walsh [2016] NFSC 1 Registrar, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island v Walsh (No 2) [2017] NFSC 2 Registrar, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island v Walsh (No 3) [2017] NFSC 4 Weaver v Law Society of New South Wales (1979) 141 CLR 201 Wentworth v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 106 ALR 624 Weston v Central Criminal Courts Administrator [1977] QB 32
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