Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Kekatos [2021] NSWCATOD 90

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Kekatos [2021] NSWCATOD 90 Hearing dates: 10 May 2021 Date of orders: 02 July 2021 Decision date: 02 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Fairlie, Senior Member J Wakefield, Senior Member B Thomson, General Member Decision: (1) The Respondent is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct; (2) These proceedings are stood over to be listed for directions and to fix a hearing date to determine what disciplinary orders the Tribunal ought to make. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — legal practitioners — misconduct and discipline – unsatisfactory professional conduct — solicitor — whether conduct intentional or reckless — whether substantial failure to reach reasonable standard of competence Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) (repealed) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v CZD [2017] NSWCATOD 153 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Asuzu [2011] NSWADT 209 Law Society of New South Wales v Manolakos [2018] NSWCATOD 54 Sanna v Wyse & Young International Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 581 Xu v Council of the Law Society of NSW [2009] NSWCA 430 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Jim Kekatos (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Lynch SC (Respondent)