Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Buckley [2023] NSWCATOD 180

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Buckley [2023] NSWCATOD 180 Hearing dates: 23 October 2023 Date of orders: 7 December 2023 Decision date: 07 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Cole DCJ, Deputy President Decision: (1) The application made by the respondent in his Reply, filed on 22 May 2023, under the heading "Preliminary issues to be determined", for the Tribunal to decline jurisdiction, is dismissed. (2) The matter is listed for a directions hearing on 7 February 2024 at 9:40am via AVL. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — Legal practitioners — Misconduct and discipline — Disciplinary proceedings – res judicata, issue estoppel and Anshun estoppel. Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Buckley v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2022] NSWSC 328 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Dow Jones v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56 Clayton v Bant [2020] HCA 44 Thayananthan v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1054 Bogaards v McMahon (1988) 80 ALR 342 Comcare v Grimes (1994) 121 ALR 485 R (on the application of Coke-Wallis) v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [2011] 2 AC 146 Kuligowski v Metrobus (2004) 220 CLR 363 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 Smith v Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd (2004) 80 ALD 106; [2004] FCA 480 Lambidis v Commissioner of Police (1995) 37 NSWLR 320 Attorney-General v Kowalski (No 4) [2015] SASC 155 Special Protection Services (NSW) Pty Limited v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force; Constantin v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2015] NSWCATOD 112 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 459 Texts Cited: M Paterson, "Res judicata at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Re-opening the case" (2019) 30 PLR 58 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Nathan Andrew Buckley (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: K Richardson SC with K Sharma (Applicant)