Carson v Legal Services Commissioner and Anor. (No.2) [2000] NSWSC 336

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Carson v Legal Services Commissioner and Anor. (No.2) [2000] NSWSC 336 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12553/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 April 2000

Nicholson Roderick CARSON (Claimant) PARTIES : Legal Services Commissioner (First Opponent) Legal Services Tribunal (Second Opponent) JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr P Brereton SC (Claimant) Mr W Haylen QC (Opponent) SOLICITORS : Atanaskovic Hartnell (Claimant) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (Opponent) CATCHWORDS : Application for reconsideration of issue decided, after reasons for judgment delivered, but before final orders - consequence of a finding of denial of procedural fairness - whether decision void - discretionary remedies - whether finding of denial of procedural fairness in administrative decision-making mandates granting of remedies ordinarily considered discretionary - no misapprehension of fact and law - notice of motion dismissed. LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Carson v Legal Services Commissioner [2000] NSWSC 64 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Wentworth v Woolahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672 at p 684 Raybos Australia Pty Ltd v Tectran Corporation Pty Ltd [No.15], unreported, 8 July 1993. Smith v NSW Bar Association (No.2) (1992) 66 ALJR 605 CASES CITED : Calvin v Carr [1979] 1 NSWLR 1 Hill v Green; Jarvis v Buckley;Wood v Buckley; Young v Buckley [1999] NSWCA 477, 22 December 1999, unreported. Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 35) Barwick v The Law Society of NSW [2000] HCA 2, 3 February 2000 Forbes v NSW Trotting Club Limited (1979) 143 CLR 242 at p 277 Ridge v Baldwin [1964] ac 40 DECISION : The claimant's notice of motion is dismissed.