Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Konstantinidis (No 4) [2021] NSWCATOD 94

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Konstantinidis (No 4) [2021] NSWCATOD 94 Hearing dates: 17 May 2021 and by written submissions dated 26 May 2021, 27 May 2021 and 4 June 2021 Date of orders: 14 July 2021 Decision date: 14 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: The Hon J Boland AM, Deputy President Decision: The application of Simon Konstantinidis for non-publication orders pursuant to s 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) is dismissed. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — legal practitioners — solicitors — non-publication orders — whether principles of res judicata apply — open justice — whether "desirable" to make order Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) (repealed) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Cakan v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWCATOD 116 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No 3) [1970] Ch 506 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Levitt [2019] HCA 78 (12 April 2019) Health Care Complaints Commission v BXD (No 2) [2015] NSWCATOD 135 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446; [1950] HCA 22 Konstantinidis v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 227 Levitt v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 834 Merrilyn Walton v Alexander Sergevich Momot [1997] NSWCA 334 Peareth v Marriott (1882) 22 Ch D 182 Pearson v Clark [2016] NSWCATAP 134 State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 Texts Cited: Spencer Bower and Handley, Res Judicata (5th ed, 2019, LexisNexis) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Simon Konstantinidis (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T L Wong SC (Applicant) P Lowson (Respondent)