Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Davison [2005] NSWADT 252

CITATION: Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Davison [2005] NSWADT 252 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the New South Wales Bar Association RESPONDENT William Roy Davison FILE NUMBER: 042024 HEARING DATES: 27/06/2005-30/06/2005, 16/08/2005 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/16/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 11/07/2005

BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Norton S SC - Judicial Member; Bennett C - Non Judicial Member APPLICATION: Professional Misconduct - non-compliance with tax obligations - Professional Misconduct - reckless disregard of tax obligations MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Legal Profession Act 1987 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Archer (No 2) [2004] NSWADT 78 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 598 Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins [2001] NSWCA 284 New South Wales Bar Association v Hamman [1999] NSWCA 404 CASES CITED: New South Wales Bar Association v Sahade [2005] NSWADT 159 New South Wales Bar Association v Somosi [2003] NSWCA 285 New South Wales Bar Association v Stevens [2003] NSWCA 261 New South Wales Bar Association v Young [2003] NSWCA 228 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v McCaffery [2004] NSWCA 470 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Ritchard, Unreported, Court of Appeal, NSW, 31 July 1987 Walsh v Law Society of New South Wales (1999) 198 CLR 73 Wardell v New South Wales Bar Association [2002] NSWSC 548 APPLICANT CE Adamson SC REPRESENTATION: SE Pritchard, barrister RESPONDENT RJ Ellicott QC PR Clay, barrister ORDERS: 1. The name of the Respondent should be removed from the Roll of Legal Practitioners; 2. The Respondent is to pay the costs of the Applicant, as agreed or assessed