New South Wales Bar Association v Murphy [2002] NSWCA 138

Reported Decision : (2002) 55 NSWLR 23

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : New South Wales Bar Association v Murphy [2002] NSWCA 138 revised - 11/07/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40034/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 June 2002

PARTIES : New South Wales Bar Association - Appellant Barry James Murphy - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Giles JA at 37; Ipp AJA at 174

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT SC 13589/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT McLellan J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P R Garling SC & C E Adamson - Appellant P LeG Brereton SC & P J Livingstone - Respondent SOLICITORS : Hicksons - Appellant Stewart Cuddy and Mockler - Respondent CATCHWORDS : LEGAL PRACTITIONERS - barristers - cancellation of practising certificate - consideration of Div 1A and 1AA Legal Profession Act 1987 - whether shown that barrister not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate. D. Clyne v New South Wales Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186; ex parte Clyne (1969) SR 436; Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408; Myers v Elman (1940) AC 282; New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279; New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177; New South Wales Bar Association v Maddocks (CA, 23 August 1988, unreported); New South Wales Bar Association v Somosi (2001) NSWCA 285; CASES CITED: The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Costello (1984) 3 NSWLR 201; The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Ritchard (CA, 31 July 1987, unreported); re an application by a Solicitor (1966) 1 NSWR 42; re B (1981) 2 NSWLR 372; re Davis (1947) 75 CLR 409; re Hodgekiss (1959) 62 SR 340; re Mayes and the Legal Practitioners Act (1974) 1 NSWLR 19; Veghelyi v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (1989) 17 NSWLR 699; Ziems v The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 279. DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.