NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 64 NSWLR 603
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Council of the New South Wales Bar Associaton v LI [2005] NSWCA 415
HEARING DATE(S): 11 November 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 28 November 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Mason P at 39; Brownie AJA at 40
DECISION: Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – unsatisfactory professional conduct - duty of Bar Council to institute and maintain proceedings under Legal Profession Act - Right to withdraw an Information – ability to administer a private reprimand - STATUTES - proper interpretation of s73(5)(g) of Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act and s155 Legal Profession Act.
Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act 1997 (NSW) Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW)
The Council of the New South Wales Bar Association (Appellant) LI (Respondent) PARTIES: Legal Services Commissioner (Intervening)
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40136 of 2005
C.E Adamson SC (Appellant) P.J Brereton (Appellant) COUNSEL: N.J Beaumont (Intervener)
Eakin McCaffery Cox Solicitors (Appellant) McCabe Terrill (Respondent) SOLICITORS: Office of the Legal Services Commissioner (Intervener)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Administrative Decisions Tribunal
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 032027
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Robberds LP QC, Norton S SC, O'Neill A.
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