Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Buckley [2024] NSWCATOD 44

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Buckley [2024] NSWCATOD 44 Hearing dates: 25 March 2024 Date of orders: 15 April 2024 Decision date: 15 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President Decision: (1) The application of the Respondent for summary dismissal of the Applicant's application lodged 18 December 2023 is dismissed. (2) The Applicant's application and application 2023/00140580 are listed for further directions at a time and date to be appointed by the Registry. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — legal practitioners — misconduct — breach of Code of Conduct — disciplinary proceedings — whether Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine Applicant's application — whether the Applicant's application should be dismissed under s 55 of the Civil & Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Civil & Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Alchin v Rail Corporation of New South Wales [2012] NSWADT 142 Long v Metromix Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 198 Spellson v George (1992) 26 NSWLR 666 Turitsyna v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2023] NSWCATAD 320 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Nathan Andrew Buckley (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: K Richardson SC / K Sharma (Applicant)