Green v Legal Profession Admission Board [2020] NSWSC 1655

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Green v Legal Profession Admission Board [2020] NSWSC 1655 Hearing dates: 18 November 2020 Decision date: 20 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: (1) Dismiss the appeal under s 28 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW). (2) Otherwise dismiss the amended summons. (3) Reserve costs. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — Legal practitioners — Qualifications and admission — Compliance certificates — Conditional admission — Appeal against defendant's refusal to issue a compliance certificate — Where plaintiff has one outstanding academic prerequisite for admission — Whether plaintiff ought be admitted on the condition that he complete the outstanding academic prerequisite after admission CONSUMER LAW — Allegation of false representation — Claim for damages — Where claim not pleaded — Where no evidence of loss adduced — Claim not maintainable CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Notice of constitutional matter — Freedom of interstate trade, commerce and intercourse — Whether issue is real and substantial — No real constitutional issue Legislation Cited: Commonwealth Constitution, s 92 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2 – Australian Consumer Law Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 69, 183 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 78B Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW), rr 5, 6, 11, 28, 46, 47, 65-67 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 6, 10–12, 15–20, 26, 28, 211 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 21, 164, sch 3 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 69, 75A, 101 Cases Cited: Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344; [1993] HCA 4 Cole v Whitfield (1988) 165 CLR 360; [1988] HCA 18 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64; [1991] HCA 54 Duncan v New South Wales; NuCoal Resources Ltd v New South Wales; Cascade Coal Pty Ltd v New South Wales (2015) 255 CLR 388; [2015] HCA 13 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Ex Parte Lenehan (1948) 77 CLR 403; [1948] HCA 45 Green v The New South Wales Bar Association [2020] NSWSC 1575 Jackson (Previously Known As Subramaniam) v Legal Practitioners Admission Board [2006] NSWSC 1338 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51; [1996] HCA 24 Lambert v Weichelt (1954) 28 ALJ 282 McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377; [1951] HCA 79 Minister for Immigration v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559; [1997] HCA 22 Moore v Scenic Tours Pty Ltd [2020] HCA 17; (2020) 377 ALR 209 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279; [2001] NSWCA 284 Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 10; (2003) 77 ALJR 768 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Ritchard (Court of Appeal (NSW), 31 July 1987, unrep) Re Culleton [2017] HCA 3; (2017) 91 ALJR 302 Street v Queensland Bar Association (1989) 168 CLR 461; [1989] HCA 53 The Queen v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; ex parte Hardiman (1980) 144 CLR 13; [1980] HCA 13 Veghelyi v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (1989) 17 NSWLR 669 Texts Cited: Legal Profession Admission Board of New South Wales, 'Guide for Applicants for Admission as a Lawyer in NSW in accordance with the Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015' Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew John Green (Plaintiff) Legal Profession Admission Board (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Plaintiff) K Pham (Defendant)