Council of the New South Wales Bar Association -v- Archer (No 4) [2004] NSWADT 235

CITATION: Council of the New South Wales Bar Association -v- Archer (No 4) [2004] NSWADT 235 revised - 20/10/2004 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: The Council of the New South Wales Bar Association RESPONDENT Stephen John Archer FILE NUMBER: 032019 HEARING DATES: 06/08/2004 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/06/2004 DATE OF DECISION: 10/18/2004

BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Norton S SC - Judicial Member; Bennett C - Non Judicial Member APPLICATION: Bias MATTER FOR DECISION: Preliminary matter LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Legal Profession Act 1987 Dickason v Edwards (1910) 10 CLR 243 R v Watson, ex parte Armstrong (1976) 136 CLR 248 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2001) 205 CLR 337 Re JRL, ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 New South Wales Bar Association v Archer [2004] NSWADT 38 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Archer(No 2) [2004] NSWADT 78 CASES CITED: Walsh v Law Society of New South Wales (1999) 198 CLR 73 Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568 Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288 S & M Motor Repairs Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil Australia Pty Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 358 Re JRL, ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Re S (a Barrister) [1981] QB 683 Carver v The Law Society of New South Wales (1998) 43 NSWLR 71 Dovade Pty Ltd and Ors v Westpac Banking Group and Anor [1999] NSWCA 113 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: M MCCulloch, barrister RESPONDENT In Person ORDERS: ORDERS MADE 6 AUGUST 2004: 1. Applications dismissed; 2. Decision concerning costs, on both interlocutory applications, reserved.