BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES v T [2001] NSWCA 316

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES v T [2001] NSWCA 316 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40060/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 October 2001

PARTIES : Bar Association of New South Wales - Claimant T - Opponent JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Fitzgerald AJA at 34

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Administrative Decisions Tribunal LOWER COURT ADT 92/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT N/A JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J C Campbell QC - Claimant P LeG Brereton SC - Opponent SOLICITORS : Colin Biggers & Paisley - Claimant Makinson & d'Apice - Opponent CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - jurisdiction of Administrative Decisions Tribunal - whether Tribunal had jurisdiction over a complaint against a barrister filed in 1993 - interpretation of clauses 30(2) and 31(1) of the Legal Profession Regulation 1994. Legal Profession Act 1987 Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Regulation 1994 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act No 77 of 1997 CASES CITED: Council of the Law Society of NSW v Nutt (unreported) NSWCA 24 August 1995 Garnham v Tessier (1959) 27 WWR 682 DECISION : The Court makes the following declaration ; A declaration that the Administrative Decisions Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine the complaint being Complaint No 6 of 1993 filed by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal on 17 March 1993.