Barwick -v- Law Society of New South Wales (No. 2) (LSD) [2003] NSWADTAP 4

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CITATION: Barwick -v- Law Society of New South Wales (No. 2) (LSD) [2003] NSWADTAP 4 APPELLANT PARTIES: Ross Garfield Barwick RESPONDENT Council of the Law Society of New South Wales FILE NUMBER: 029023 HEARING DATES: 08/10/2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10/08/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 03/04/2003

Law Society of New South Wales -v- Barwick and Dechnicz [2002]n NSWADT 66 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Staff C - Judicial Member; Bennett C - Member CATCHWORDS: adequacy of reasons - effect of errors on decisions - procedural fairness - scope of findings - relevant/irrelevant considerations MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 0002018 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 04/29/2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Legal Profession Act 1987 Law Society of New South Wales v Barwick and Dechnicz [2002] NSWADT 66 Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales [2002] NSWADTAP 21 Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales [2000] HCA 2 R v Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal [1988] VR 757 O'Reilly v Law Society of NSW (1988) 24 NSWLR at 210 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 257 Wentworth v NSW Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 239 Bannister v Walton (1993) 30 NSWLR 699 Gad v Health Care Complaints Commission [2002] NSWCA 111 Coe v NSW Bar Association [2000] NSWCA 13 Sabag v Health Care Complaints Commission [2001] NSWCA 411 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Soulemezis v Dudley Holdings P/L (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Sinha v Health Care Complaints Tribunal [2001] NSWCA 206 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734 CASES CITED: State Rail Authority v Earthline Constructions (1999) 73 ALJR 306 Beale v Government Insurance Office of NSW (1997) 48 NSWLR 430 Woodside & Anor v Director General, Department of Community Services (CSD) [2000] NSWADTAP 8 Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister (1993) 4 LPDR 24 (CA) Kennedy v Council of the Incorporated Law Institute of NSW (1939-40) 13 ALJ 563 Law Society of New South Wales v McNamara (1980) 47 NSWLR 72 Wilson v Law Society of New South Wales [1979] 2 NSWLR 760 Murray v Legal Services Commissioner [1999] NSWCA 70 Carson v Legal Services Commissioner [2000] NSWCA 308 Law Society of NSW v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 In re a Practitioner [1941] SASR 48 In re a Practitioner (1982) 30 SASR 27 Dupal v Law Society of New South Wales (unreptd, 26 April 1990) Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141 Dare v Pullham (1982) 148 CLR 658 Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 655 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: P Brereton SC, barrister RESPONDENT G C Lindsay SC, barrister ORDERS: 1. Appeal dismissed; 2. Appellant to pay respondent's costs of the appeal.