Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Yoon [2020] NSWCA 141

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Yoon [2020] NSWCA 141 Hearing dates: 9 July 2020 Date of orders: 14 July 2020 Decision date: 14 July 2020 Before: Bell P; Ward JA; White JA at [1] Decision: 1. Order that the name of the respondent be removed from the roll kept by the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Australian Legal Profession Register. 2. Order the respondent to pay the applicant's costs of these proceedings. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS ─ Legal practitioners ─ Disciplinary proceedings ─ Removal of practitioner's name from the roll Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 91 Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2019 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 254, 255, 260, 264, 325 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), s 11(3) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 23(1)(c), 77, 165, 264, 300(1)(b), 302(1)(f), 370, 466(6), sch 9, cl 23 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 48(2)(k) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Pt 65A r 2 Cases Cited: Barwick v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 32 Council of the Law Society of NSW v DXW [2019] NSWCATOD 101 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Yoon [2019] NSWCATOD 28 Dupal v Law Society of New South Wales [1990] NSWCA 56 Hilton v Legal Profession Admission Board [2017] NSWCA 232 King v Muriniti (2018) 97 NSWLR 991; [2018] NSWCA 98 Law Society (ACT) v Powrie (2017) 12 ACTLR 184; [2017] ACTSCFC 4 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Dimitrious [2015] NSWCA 258 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Livanes [2012] NSWCA 325 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Seog Won Yoon (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: PA Maddigan (Applicant) No appearance by the Respondent