Law Society of New South Wales -v- Young (LSD) [2001] NSWADTAP 17

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CITATION: Law Society of New South Wales -v- Young (LSD) [2001] NSWADTAP 17 APPELLANT PARTIES: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT Lesley McIntosh Young FILE NUMBER: 999021 HEARING DATES: 03/04/2001 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 04/20/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 06/12/2001

Law Society of New South Wales -v- Young [1999] NSWADT 78 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Robinson WL QC -Judicial Member; Elliott K - Member CATCHWORDS: jurisidiction - effect of irregularity MATTER FOR DECISION: Ground 1 of Notice of Appeal; as amended. FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 982002 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 09/03/1999 Legal Profession Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Amendment (Complaints and Discipline) Act 2000 Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales Court of Appeal 16 July 1998, unreported Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales [2000] HCA 2 CASES CITED: Sobania v Nitsche and Anor [1960] 16 FLR 329 Welsh v Anderson (1902) 5 WALR 1 Wilson v Liverpool City Council [1971] 1 WLR 302 Anderson v Judges of the District Court (1992) 27 NSWLR 701 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: Dr J Griffiths, counsel RESPONDENT P Capelin QC ORDERS: Order made on 07/06/2001; Ground 1 of the Notice of Appeal, as amended, is dismissed.