Carol Anne Foreman [1993] NSWLST 15

The Legal Services Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : Carol Anne Foreman [1993] NSWLST 15 PARTIES : CAROL ANNE FOREMAN FILE NUMBER(S) : of 1993 CORAM: Mr F Herron (Presiding Member) - Mrs B Ingold - Mr J.W. Brennan CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - conviction for offences of dishonesty - Professional Misconduct - gross overcharging of client - Professional Misconduct - make false statement - Professional Misconduct - fail to act honestly - Professional Misconduct - prepare false documents :- Various allegations of alleged professional misconduct. Fabrication of document for presentation to Court receives critical comment - Solicitor's obligations to Courts. Misleading Family Court of Australia. Need for Solicitor before Tribunal to give evidence with complete honesty and candour. LEGISLATION CITED: Legal Practitioners' Act 1898 Legal Profession Act 1987 Re: Hodgekiss 1962 SR 340 ; Allinson v The General Council of Medical Education and Registration (1894) 1 QB 750 ; Malfanti v Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal (Unreported) Court of Appeal 23 August 1993 ; In the matter of Veghelyi (1991) 7 LPDR ; CASES CITED: Ziems v the Prothonotary (1957) 97 CLR 279 ; Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 655 at 680; Ex parte Macaulay (1930) 30 SR (NSW) 193 ; Kotowicz v The Law Society of New South Wales (Court of Appeal, unreported, 7 August 1987; Fraser v Law Society of New South Wales (1992) 5 LPDR 12 DATES OF HEARING: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 26, 27 AUGUST 1993, 6 and 7 SEPTEMBER 1993. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/19/1993 COUNSEL:FOR COMPLAINANT: MR P.M. DONOHOE, QC with MS P. BERGIN;FOR RESPONDENT: MR R. STITT, QC with MR G. LINDSAY. LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: SOLICITORS:FOR COMPLAINANT: MR F. SMITH; FOR RESPONDENT: MESSRS CURWOOD & PARTNERS.