Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board [2020] NSWCA 305

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board [2020] NSWCA 305 Hearing dates: 28 October 2020 Date of orders: 24 November 2020 Decision date: 24 November 2020 Before: Macfarlan JA; Brereton JA Decision: Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs Catchwords: APPEALS — Leave to appeal – where applicant sought judicial review of decisions that were not the operative decisions – where primary judge found no error in original decisions – whether injustice that is reasonably clear – whether issue of principle – whether question of general public importance – application for leave to appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW), r 29 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), s 21A NSW Admission Board Rules 2015, rr 11-13, 27J, 53, 59, 60, 64, 67 Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564; [1992] HCA 10 Be Financial Pty Ltd (as trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust) v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 Bowen v Australian Workers' Union (No 2) (1948) 77 CLR 602; [1948] HCA 35 Calvin v Carr (1979) 22 ALR 417 Forge v ASIC (No 2) (2007) 69 NSWLR 575; [2007] NSWCA 42 Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 443 Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board [2019] NSWSC 921 Navazi v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2015] NSWCA 308 Twist v Randwick Municipal Council (1976) 136 CLR 106; [1976] HCA 58 Wishart v Fraser (1941) 64 CLR 470; [1941] HCA 8 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Daniel Makowski (Applicant) Legal Profession Admission Board (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant)