Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Tangsilsat (No 2) [2020] NSWCATOD 88

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Tangsilsat (No 2) [2020] NSWCATOD 88 Hearing dates: 22 July 2020 Date of orders: 3 August 2020 Decision date: 03 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: M Schyvens, Deputy President The Hon F Marks, Principal Member E Hayes, General Member Decision: Consequent upon the finding of professional misconduct which we have made we make the following orders: (1) The respondent is reprimanded; (2) The respondent is to pay a fine of $5000; (3) The respondent is to pay the costs of the applicant except for any costs incurred by the applicant in and about the dismissal of the proceedings originally instituted and in and about the initiation of these current proceedings as referred to in [4], [6] and [7], such costs to be in an amount assessed in default of agreement. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS – Legal practitioners – Solicitor – disciplinary proceedings – professional misconduct – failure to disclose information on application for renewal of practising certificate – protective orders – reprimand and fine imposed – costs order made Legislation Cited: Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2019 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW), r 13(1)(g) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 209, 302, 303 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), Sch 9 Pt 5 Cl 23 Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Jaruwan Tangsilsat [2018] NSWCATOD 138 Council of the Law Society of NSW v DXW [2019] NSWCATOD 101 Law Society of New South Wales v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 Tangsilsat v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 144 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Jaruwan Tangsilsat (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Respondent (Self represented) File Number(s): 2020/00079961 Publication restriction: Nil