Law Society of New South Wales v Kennedy [2006] NSWADT 132

CITATION: Law Society of New South Wales v Kennedy [2006] NSWADT 132

DIVISION: Legal Services Division

APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT Rodney James Kennedy

FILE NUMBER: 052029

HEARING DATES: 10/02/06

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/10/2006

DATE OF DECISION: 05/03/2006

BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Greenwood J - Judicial Member; Costigan M - Non Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - misappropriate trust moneys/moneys

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 2004

A Solicitor v Law Society of New South Wales (2004) 204 ALR 8 Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Barwick v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 32 Haddad v Medicare Participation Review Committee, N95/1098, AAT No. 10031A, 2 February 1996 Law Society of New South Wales v Allen [2000] NSWADT 188 CASES CITED: Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins [2001] NSWCA 284 O'Reilly v Law Society of New South Wales (1988) 24 NSWLR 204 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Ritchard, Unreported, Court of Appeal, NSW, 31 July 1987 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 279