Law Society of New South Wales -v- Hill [2002] NSWADT 190

CITATION: Law Society of New South Wales -v- Hill [2002] NSWADT 190 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT Dennis Ian Hill FILE NUMBER: 012032 HEARING DATES: 18/06/02, 19/06/02 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 06/19/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 09/30/2002

BEFORE: Brennan JWF - Judicial Member; Pheils J - Judicial Member; Klika D - Member APPLICATION: Professional Misconduct - breach of s. 61 of the Legal Profession Act - Professional Misconduct - misappropriate trust moneys/moneys MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Legal Profession Act 1987 Barwick -v- Law Society 2000HCA2 Murray -v- Legal Services Commissioner 1999 NSW CA70 Allinson -v- The General Council of Medical Education and Registration 1894 1QBD750 CASES CITED: Re Vickery 1931 1CL572 Re Hodgkiss 1962 62SRNSW 340 The Law Society of NSW -v- Bannister 1993 4LPDR24 Legal Services Commissioner -v- Musgrave 2000 NSWADT149 Re Radin 1993 NSW LST19 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: I Wales SC, barrister RESPONDENT No appearance ORDERS: 1. That the name of Dennis Ian Hill be removed from the Roll of Legal Practitioners of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; 2. That Dennis Ian Hill pay the costs of the Applicant Society of and incidental to these proceedings; 3 That within twenty eight (28) days of this order, pursuant to Section 171D of the Legal Profession Act, Dennis Ian Hill pay by way of compensation the sum of $3,290.00 to Dobrinka Vuic and the sum of $1,550.00 to Lillah Anon.