Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Leslie [2021] NSWCA 59

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Leslie [2021] NSWCA 59 Hearing dates: 1 April 2021 Decision date: 21 April 2021 Before: Macfarlan JA; White JA; McCallum JA Decision: (1) 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) The Respondent pay the Applicant's costs of and incidental to these proceedings. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS – Legal practitioners – Disciplinary proceedings – Removal of practitioner's name from the roll – Having misappropriated trust money – Tribunal found respondent was probably not a fit and proper person to be an officer of the court and recommended removal from the roll – Appellant seeking an order that respondent's name be removed from the roll Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 91 Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) r 42 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 23, 139, 146-148, 370 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 48 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) r 65A Cases Cited: Berger v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 119 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Yoon [2020] NSWCA 141 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) James Edward Leslie (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Maddigan (Applicant)