PM v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association [2005] NSWADTAP 47

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CITATION: PM v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association [2005] NSWADTAP 47

APPELLANT PARTIES: PM RESPONDENT Council of the New South Wales Bar Association FILE NUMBER: 058004 HEARING DATES: 3/08/2005 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/03/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 10/05/2005

Complaint against PM by Council of the New South Wales Bar Association DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Karpin A - ADCJ (Deputy President); Officer D QC - Judicial Member; Kirkby E - Non Judicial Member CATCHWORDS: Legal Practitioner - reprimand - appeal against decision MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: N/A DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 11/04/2004 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Legal Profession Amendment Act 2004 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Baker v Australian Asbestos Insulations Pty Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 280 Bakker v Stewart (1980) VR 17 Borg v Barnes (1987) 10 NSWLR 734 CASES CITED: Carson v Legal Services Commissioner (2000) NSWCA 308 Doro v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1960) VR 84 Georgiadis v Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corp. (1994) 119 ALR 629 Myer Melbourne Ltd v Hammond (1984) VR 40 Tuitupou v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 60 ALD 361 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT P Brereton, barrister ORDERS: Appeal dismissed