Mitry -v- New South Wales Bar Association (LSD) [2000] NSWADTAP 9

Set aside by Appeal : Set aside by appeal on 28/8/01 (Court of Appeal)

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Mitry -v- New South Wales Bar Association (LSD) [2000] NSWADTAP 9 revised - 02/04/2001 APPELLANT Richard Mitry PARTIES: RESPONDENT Council of the New South Wales Bar Assocition FILE NUMBER: 999015 HEARING DATES: 30/11/99, 14/04/2000 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 04/14/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 06/30/2000

Principal matter DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Blackman J - Judicial Member; Bubniuk L - Member CATCHWORDS: bias - no evidence MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 9721 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 08/30/1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Barwick v Law Society of New South Wales [2000] HCA 2; (2000) 74 ALJR 419 New South Wales Bar Association v Hamman [1999] NSWCA 404 Wentworth v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 239 Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of NSW v Costello [1984] 3 NSWLR 201 at 203) Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales) [1957] 97 CLR 279 Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 655 Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 In re Davis (1947) 75 CLR 409 Prothonotary v Pangallo (1993) 67 A Crim R 77 CASES CITED: Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister (1993) 4 LPDR 24 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 449 Murray v Legal Services Commissioner (1999) 46 NSWLR 224 Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288 Carver v Law Society of New South Wales (1997) 43 NSWLR 71 (CA) Dovade P/L v Westpac Banking Group (1999) 46 NSWLR 168 (CA) R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate; Ex parte Pinochet (No 2) Aussie Airlines P/L v Australian Airlines P/L (1996) 65 FCR 215 Re Polites; Ex parte Hoyts Corporation P/L (1991) 173 CLR 78 Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Trustees of the Christian Brothers v Cardone (1995) FCR 345 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: W G Hodgekiss, barrister RESPONDENT P R Garling SC, barrister ORDERS: 1. Decision under appeal affirmed; 2. The costs of the Respondent to be paid by the Appellant, as agreed or assessed.