Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Kekatos [2021] NSWCATOD 196

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Kekatos [2021] NSWCATOD 196 Hearing dates: 10 November 2021 Date of orders: 3 December 2021 Decision date: 03 December 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Fairlie, Senior Member J Wakefield, Senior Member B Thomson, General Member Decision: (1) The Respondent is reprimanded. (2) The Respondent is to pay the Applicant's costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS – Legal practitioners - solicitor – unsatisfactory professional conduct – reprimand - costs order – no exceptional circumstances. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) (repealed) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Diaz [2021] NSWCATOD 9 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Kekatos [2021] NSWCATOD 90 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Levitt [2018] NSWCA 247 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Soszyn [2019] NSWCATOD 73 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Thornton [2020] NSWCATOD103 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Webb (No2) [2012] NSWADT 233 NSW Legal Services Commissioner v Zou [2021] NSWCATOD 139 Xu v Council of the Law Society of NSW [2009] NSWCA 430 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Jim Kekatos (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P A Maddigan (Applicant) T Lynch SC (Respondent)