Timothy Henry William Rybak [1997] NSWLST 6

The Legal Services Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION : Timothy Henry William Rybak [1997] NSWLST 6 PARTIES : Timothy Henry William Rybak FILE NUMBER(S) : of 1996 CORAM: Mr A. Martin (Presiding Member) - Ms S Carr-Gregg - Mr D Mahon CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - gross overcharging of client - Professional Misconduct - breach of s. 61 of the Legal Profession Act :- Legal Profession Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 Legal Profession Regulation 1994 Legal Practitioners Act 1898 Hodgekiss (1962) 62 SR (NSW) 340; Vickery (1931) 1 Ch 572 at 583; CASES CITED: The Law Society of NSW v Veron (1966) 84 WN Pt 1 NSW 136 at 144; Veghelyi v The Law Society of NSW LPDR No 2 of 1996 ; NSW Crimes Commission v Flemming (1991) 24 NSWLR 1116; The Law Society v Foreman LPDR No 4 of 1994 DATES OF HEARING: 9, 10 and 11 December 1996 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/24/1997 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr Wales Mr Galasso

JUDGMENT:

B y a complaint dated 3 June 1994 and filed in the Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal ("the Former Tribunal") the Council of the Law Society ("the Law Society") made a complaint under section 135 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 ("the Act") that Timothy Henry William Rybak ("the Solicitor") may be guilty of professional misconduct.

The Legal Services Tribunal ("the Tribunal") heard and determines the Complaint under the transitional provisions of the Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 and the Legal Profession Regulation 1994 ("the Regulation").