Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Hinde [2011] NSWADT 20

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Hinde [2011] NSWADT 20 Hearing dates: 3 December 2010 Decision date: 01 February 2011 Jurisdiction: Legal Services Division Before: M Chesterman, Deputy President S Hale, Judicial Member E Hayes, Non-judicial Member Decision: 1. The Respondent is guilty of professional misconduct. 2. The name of the Respondent is to be removed from the Roll of local lawyers. 3. The Applicant's application for an order that the Respondent pay its costs of these proceedings is dismissed. Catchwords: Solicitor - disciplinary application - costs Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 1987 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Act 2004 (Qld) Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) Cases Cited: Attorney-General for the State of Queensland v Francis [2008] QCA 243 Baker v Legal Services Commissioner [2006] QCA 145 Law Society of New South Wales v Hinde [2005] NSWADT 199 Law Society of New South Wales v Oliveri (No 2) [2008] NSWADT 157 Law Society of NSW v Markovski [2009] NSWADT 92 Legal Services Commissioner v O'Connor (No 2) [2006] LPT 2 Legal Services Commissioner v Scott (No 2) [2009] QLPT 9 R v Kelly (Edward) [2000] QB 198 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Jeffrey James Hinde (Respondent) Representation: G Chegwidden, (Respondent) P Boyd, (Applicant) File Number(s): 102026