Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Chand [2024] NSWCATOD 131

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Chand [2024] NSWCATOD 131 Hearing dates: 29 July 2024 Date of orders: 22 August 2024 Decision date: 22 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Armstrong J, President A Suthers, Principal Member Decision: 1. Pursuant to s 119 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), the Respondent is disqualified indefinitely. 2. Pursuant to s 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), publication of evidence given in the proceedings or documents lodged with the Tribunal which identifies the persons referred to in these reasons as the Principal Solicitor, Complainant 1 and Complainant 2, is prohibited. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — person holding himself out as legal practitioner — person engaging in unqualified legal practice — findings that conduct constitutes grounds for indefinite disqualification on two separate grounds under s 119(2) of Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) — disqualification order justified — disqualification order made — non-publication orders made Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bauskis v Liew [2013] NSWCA 297 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Parente [2019] NSWCA 33 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Clarke [2022] NSWCA 57 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Aslan [2019] NSWCATOD 159 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Brincat [2020] NSWCATOD 108 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Costigan [2013] NSWCA 407 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (a pseudonym) (2021) 106 NSWLR 383; [2021] NSWCA 339 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Zhukovska (2020) 102 NSWLR 655; [2020] NSWCA 163 Gautam v Health Care Complaints Commission [2021] NSWCA 85 Prothonotary v Gregory [2017] NSWCA 101 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Thomson [2018] NSWCA 230 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Harry Chand (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A McGrath (Applicant)