New South Wales Bar Association v Caffrey (No 4) [2008] NSWADT 190

CITATION: New South Wales Bar Association v Caffrey (No 4) [2008] NSWADT 190

DIVISION: Legal Services Division

APPLICANT Council of the New South Wales Bar Association PARTIES: RESPONDENT Bradford Arthur Caffrey

FILE NUMBER: 032027

HEARING DATES: 6 June 2008

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 6 June 2008

DATE OF DECISION: 7 July 2008

BEFORE: Blacket P SC - Judical Member; Wright R SC - Judical Member; Bennett C - Non Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Barrister – disciplinary application

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987

New South Wales Bar Association v LI (No 2) [2006] NSWADT 263 New South Wales Bar Association v LI [2005] NSWADT 15 CASES CITED: Council of the NSW Bar Association v LI (2005) 64 NSWLR 603, [2005] NSWCA 415 LI v Council of the NSW Bar Association [2007] NSWCA 223 R v McIntyre [2000] NSWCCA 6 New South Bar Association v Caffrey (No 3) [2008] NSWADT 85

APPLICANT P Skinner, barrister REPRESENTATION: RESPONDENT M Barko, barrister

The orders of the Tribunal are as follows: ORDERS: (i). That Bradford Arthur Caffrey be and hereby is publicly reprimanded pursuant to subsection 171C(1)(e) of the Legal Profession Act 1987 in respect of his unsatisfactory professional conduct which occurred on 28 February 2000 and 3 April 2000 as found by the Tribunal in New South Wales Bar Association v Caffrey (No 3) [2008] NSWADT 85 (ii) That the Tribunal's orders made and reasons given on 18 March 2008 in New South Wales Bar Association v Caffrey (No 3) [2008] NSWADT 85 be published including the name of the respondent (iii) That these orders and reasons be published including the name of the respondent(iv) That the respondent pay the applicant's costs agreed in the sum of $58,290.