The Council of the Law Society of NSW v Russell [2008] NSWADT [2008] NSWADT 268

CITATION: The Council of the Law Society of NSW v Russell [2008] NSWADT [2008] NSWADT 268

DIVISION: Legal Services Division

APPLICANT The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales PARTIES: RESPONDENT Michael MacGregor Russell

FILE NUMBER: 072039

HEARING DATES: 21 July 2008

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 21 July 2008

DATE OF DECISION: 25 September 2008

BEFORE: Brennan J - Judicial Member; Currie J - Judicial Member; Costigan M - Non-Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Solicitor – Disciplinary application

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987

Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] QBD 750 Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] 60 CLR 336 Clyne v New South Wales Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 Ex parte Brounsall (1778) 2 Cowp 829, 98 ER 1385 Ex parte Lenehan (1948) 77 CLR 403 Ex parte Macaulay (1930) 30 SR(NSW) 193 Fraser v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [1992] 5 LPDR 12 ncorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 655 Johns v Law Society of NSW [1982] 2 NSWLR 1 Kennedy v The Council of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales [1940] 13 ALJR 563 CASES CITED: Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister [1993] 4 LPDR 24 Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman [1994] 1 LPDR 1 Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman [1994] 84 NSWLR 408 Law Society of New South Wales v Young [1999] NSWADT 78 Law Society of New South Wales v Young (No 3 ) [2001] NSWADTAP 38 Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177 Re Demetrious [1993] 3 LPDR 3 Re Hodgekiss [1959] 62 SR(NSW) 340 Re Poole (1869) LR 3 CP 350 Stanoevski v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2008] NSWCA 93 Stephens v Hill (1842) 10 M&W 28, 152 ER 368 Ziems v The Prothonotary (1957) 97 CLR 279