The Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister [1993] NSWLST 6

The Legal Services Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : The Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister [1993] NSWLST 6 PARTIES : The Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister FILE NUMBER(S) : of CORAM: CJ Gleeson - JA Handley - JA Sheller CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - mislead client - Professional Misconduct - fail to act honestly - Professional Misconduct - misappropriate trust moneys/moneys - Professional Misconduct - prefer own interests to those of others :- Legal Profession Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1926 Legal Practitioners' Act 1898 New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177; Clyne v New South Wales Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186; Ziems v the Prothonotary (1957) 97 CLR 279; Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 655; CASES CITED: Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282; Stephens v Hill (1842) 10 M&W 28; Ex parte Macaulay (1930) 30 SR(NSW) 193; R&T Thew Limited v Reeves (No 2) [1982] 1 QB 1283; Johns v Law Society of New South Wales (1982) 2 NSWLR 1; Dupal v The Law Society of New South Wales (unreported) 26 April 1990 DATES OF HEARING: DATE OF JUDGMENT: 01/01/1993 D.P. Hipsley Frederick Smith LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:

T.E.F. Hughes QC/P.W. Taylor Borthwick Wilson Smith & Bates

JUDGMENT:

Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal The Law Society of New South Wales v Bannister Judgment