Registrar, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island v Walsh (No 5) [2018] NFSC 1

SUPREME COURT OF NORFOLK ISLAND

Registrar, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island v Walsh (No 5) [2018] NFSC 1 File number: SC 2 of 2016

Judge(s): GILMOUR J

Date of judgment: 23 February 2018

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – disciplinary proceedings – prior findings of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct – finding that not a fit and proper person to practice law – consideration of the Court's disciplinary powers

Legislation: Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 55D(1)(a) Norfolk Island Act 1979 (Cth) s 52 Legal Profession Act 1993 (NI) ss 7, 8, 10, 18A(1), 21 Supreme Court Act 1960 (NI) ss 6(1), 6(2A), 19(4), 39 Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) r 1619, sch 2

Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales (2000) 169 ALR 236 Clyne v New South Wales Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 Khosa v Legal Profession Complaints Committee [2017] WASCA 192 Law Society of New South Wales v McNamara (1980) 47 NSWLR 72 Law Society of Tasmania v A (a practitioner) [2002] TASCC 9 at [41] New South Wales Bar Associations v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279 New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177 New South Wales Bar Association v Murphy [2002] NSWCA 138 Re a Practitioner (1984) 36 SASR 590 Re Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory v Chamberlain (1993) 116 ACTR 1 Taylor v Law Society of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 948 The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 The Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee v Lashansky [2007] WASC 211 Weaver v Law Society of New South Wales (1979) 141 CLR 201 Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 279