Law Society of NSW v Hansen [2004] NSWADT 183

CITATION: Law Society of NSW v Hansen [2004] NSWADT 183 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT Malcolm Henry Hansen FILE NUMBER: 032015 HEARING DATES: 12/02/2004-13/02/2004 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 06/18/2004 DATE OF DECISION: 08/25/2004

BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Clisdell RJ - Judicial Member; Fitzgerald R - Non Judicial Member APPLICATION: Professional Misconduct - breach of Order - Professional Misconduct - breach of s. 61 of the Legal Profession Act - Professional Misconduct - breach of s. 62 of the Legal Profession Act - Professional Misconduct - gross negligence - Professional Misconduct - use Power of Attorney for own benefit MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Rules (Transitional) Regulation 1998 Legal Profession Act 1987 Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales (2000) 169 ALR 236 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Amor-Smith [2003] NSWADT 239 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Mutton (1988) 12 NSWLR 104 Law Society of New South Wales v Harvey [1976] 2 NSWLR 154 Law Society of New South Wales v Moulton [1981] 2 NSWLR 736 CASES CITED: Re Mayes and the Legal Practitioners Act [1974] 1 NSWLR 19 Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins [2001] NSWCA 284 New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177 Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2004] HCA 1 Veghelyi v. The Law Society of New South Wales, Unreported, Court of Appeal, NSW, 6 October 1995 (BC950549) APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: N Beaumont, barrister RESPONDENT In person ORDERS: 1. That the name of the Solicitor be removed from the roll of legal practitioners.; 2. That the Solicitor pay the Law Society's costs of these proceedings.