GLENORCY PTY. LIMITED & ORS v. LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [2004] NSWSC 464

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : GLENORCY PTY. LIMITED & ORS v. LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [2004] NSWSC 464 HEARING DATE(S) : Tuesday 29 July 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 May 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1 DECISION : Appeal upheld; claims allowed.

CATCHWORDS : Nature of appeals to the court from disallowance of claims on Law Society Fidelity Fund - meaning of "entrust" and "failure to account" - nature of function of Law Society in determining whether connection between claims and New South Wales practice not "sufficient" - sufficiency a matter of objective fact for judgment - whether Supreme Court could or should substitute its own order when error detected - errors of fact and law found - not necessary or desirable to remit. Legal Profession Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED : Queensland Law Society Act 1952 Mutual Recognition Act 1992 Supreme Court Act 1970 House (1936) 55 CLR 499 Victorian Stevedoring & General Contracting Co. Limited v. Dignan (1931) 46 CLR 73 Builders Licensing Board v. Sperway Constructions (Syd.) Pty. Limited (1976) 135 CLR 616 Histollo Pty. Limited v. Director-General of National Parks & Wildlife Service (1998) 45 NSWLR 661 CASES CITED : Veghelyi v. Council of Law Society of New South Wales (1989) 17 NSWLR 669 Smith [2000] NSWCCA 140 Smith (Court of Appeal, unreported 12 October 2001) Francis v. Law Society of New South Wales (1982) 2 NSWLR 191 Aslimoski v. Law Society of the ACT [2001] ACT AAT 28 (17 October 2001) PARTIES : GLENORCY PTY. LIMITED & ORS v. LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 11678 of 2000 COUNSEL : Pltff: G. Lindsay, SC./M. Herschderfer Deft: S. Epstein, SC. SOLICITORS : Pltff: Freehills Deft: A.S. Brown