Fraser v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [1992] NSWLST 6

The Legal Services Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : Fraser v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [1992] NSWLST 6 PARTIES : Fraser v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales FILE NUMBER(S) : of CORAM: P Kirby - JA Handley - JA Cripps CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - mislead client - Professional Misconduct - make false statement - Professional Misconduct - prepare false documents :- Legal Profession Act 1987 Supreme Court Act 1970 LEGISLATION CITED: Contracts Review Act 1980 Insurance Contracts Act 1984 Legal Practitioners' Act 1898 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Beneficial Finance Corporation Limited v Karavas (1991) 23 NSWLR 256 (CA); Demetrios v Gikas Dry Cleaning Industries Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 561 (CA) 564, 567; Borg v Barnes & Ors (1987) 10 NSWLR 734, 737 (SC) ; Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1991) 6 LPDR 19, 26 (CA); Allinson v General Council of Medicine [1894] 1 QB 750, 761, 763; Re a Solicitor [1912] 1 KB 302; New South Wales Bar Association v Smith, Court of Appeal, unreported, 9 May 1991; O'Reilly v Law Society of New South Wales (1988) 24 NSWLR 204 (CA), 209, 215; Ian Burnham Mitchell (1992) 1 LPDR 6, 10; CASES CITED: Kennedy v Law Institute; Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606, 610; Harvey v The Law Society of New South Wales (1975) 49 ALJR 363 (HC) at 365; Hoffman-La Roche v Commissioner of Patents (1971) 123 CLR 529; Eclipse Sleep Products Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1957) 99 CLR 300 at 308; Law Society of New South Wales v Moulton (1981) 2 NSWLR 736 at 740; Southern Law Society v Westbrook (1910) 10 CLR 609; New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177 at 183-4; New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt at 184; Cahill v Law Society (1988) 13 NSWLR 1 DATES OF HEARING: 07/08/92 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/07/1992 S. Norrish QC J. Berwick Ian M. Genge LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: