NSW Caselaw
CITATION: Law Society of NSW v Carbone [2009] NSWADT 20
DIVISION: Legal Services Division
APPLICANT The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales PARTIES: RESPONDENT Domenic Carbone
FILE NUMBER: 072024
HEARING DATES: 22 May 2008, 23 May 2008 & 6 June 2008
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 1 August 2008
DATE OF DECISION: 30 January 2009
BEFORE: Brennan J - Judicial Member; Riordan M - Judicial Member; Tingle J - Non-Judicial Member
CATCHWORDS: Solicitor - professional misconduct, unsatisfactory professional conduct
LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Legal Profession Act 2004
CASES CITED: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298
APPLICANT P Boyd , solicitor REPRESENTATION: RESPONDENT T Williams, solicitor
1 The Tribunal finds the Solicitor guilty of one allegation of professional misconduct namely that he without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with a Council requirement under s.152 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 ORDERS: 2.The Tribunal finds the Solicitor guilty of two counts of unsatisfactory professional conduct in that he failed to communicate and he failed to transfer the file as detailed in the application 3. The Tribunal dismisses the remaining four allegations of professional misconduct and the remaining allegation of unsatisfactory professional conduct 4.The Tribunal stands the matter over to a date to be fixed by the Registrar for submissions by the parties on the appropriate orders to be made in consequence of these findings
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