Law Society of New South Wales -v- Kourgialis [2002] NSWADT 262

CITATION: Law Society of New South Wales -v- Kourgialis [2002] NSWADT 262 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales RESPONDENT Louis Kourgialis FILE NUMBER: 022008 HEARING DATES: 04/11/2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 11/04/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 12/16/2002

BEFORE: Nader J QC - ADCJ (Deputy President); Hale S - Judicial Member; Costigan M - Member APPLICATION: Professional Misconduct - borrow money from client - Professional Misconduct - breach of s. 61 of the Legal Profession Act - Professional Misconduct - fail to keep accounts - Professional Misconduct - mislead Law Society/Bar Association/LSC - Professional Misconduct - possess prohibited drug MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985` Legal Practitioners Act 1898 Legal Profession Act 1987 Re Vickery (1931) 1CL 572 Re Hodgekiss (1962) 79 WN (NSW) CASES CITED: re Mayes and Legal Practitioners Act (1974) 1 NSWLR 19 Law Society of New South Wales v Hill [2002] NSWADT 190 O'Reilly -v- The Law Society of NSW [1988] NSWLST 2 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: D Barton, solicitor RESPONDENT No appearance ORDERS: 1.That the Solicitor's name be removed from the roll of legal practitioners; 2.That the Solicitor pay the Council's costs of and incidental to these proceedings as assessed under Division 6 part 11 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987.