Law Society of New South Wales v Waterhouse [2002] NSWADT 204

CITATION: Law Society of New South Wales v Waterhouse [2002] NSWADT 204 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT Martin Otto Waterhouse FILE NUMBER: 012023 HEARING DATES: 11/07/02, 26/08/02 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/26/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 10/18/2002

BEFORE: Macfarlan R QC - Judicial Member; Hale S - Judicial Member; Kirkby E - Member APPLICATION: Professional Misconduct - fail to comply with undertaking to Practitioner - Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct - fail to comply with undertaking to Practitioner MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Wade v Licardy (1993) 33 NSWLR 1 Royal Bank of Queensland v Ryan (1987) QLJ 97 CASES CITED: Vincent Cofini (1994) NSWLST 25 Law Society of New South Wales v Martin [2002] NSWADT 27 Allison v General Council of Medical Education and Registration (1894) 1 QB 750 Kennedy v Council of Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales (1939) 13 ALJ 563 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: I Wales, SC RESPONDENT R Campbell, barrister ORDERS: 1. That in light of the Tribunal's finding that he has been guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct Martin Otto Waterhouse be fined the sum of $2,000.00.; 2. That Martin Otto Waterhouse pay the costs of the Law Society of and incidental to these proceedings before the Administrative Decisions Tribunal.