Council of the Law Society of NSW v Clapin (No 2) [2011] NSWADT 246

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of NSW v Clapin (No 2) [2011] NSWADT 246 Hearing dates: 22 July 2011 Decision date: 31 October 2011 Before: M Chesterman, Deputy President M Riordan, Judicial Member C Bennett, Non-judicial Member Decision: 1. The name of the Respondent is to be removed from the Roll of Local Lawyers. 2. The Respondent is to pay the costs of the Applicant of and incidental to these proceedings. Catchwords: Solicitor - disciplinary application - professional misconduct - consequential orders Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 1987 Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Clapin [2011] NSWADT 83 Dupal v Law Society of New South Wales [1990] NSWCA 56 Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 656 Law Society of New South Wales v Jones, Unreported, Court of Appeal, 29 July 1978 Re Legal Practitioners Act 1970; Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory v Gates [2006] ACTSC 126 Re Melvey; Ex parte Law Society of New South Wales (1966) 85 WN (NSW) (Pt 2) 289 Merrick v Law Society [2007] EWHC 2997; [2007] All ER (D) 282 NSW Bar Association v Maddocks (Unreported, NSW Court of Appeal, 23 August 1988, BC8801576) Prothonotary v P [2003] NSWCA 320 Prothonotary v Richard (Unreported, NSW Court of Appeal, 31 July 1987, BC8701242) Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Nikolaidis [2010] NSWCA 73 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of NSW [2004] HCA 1 Veghelyi v Law Society of New South Wales, Unreported, Court of Appeal, 8 February 1995 (BC9505459) Walter v Council of Queensland Law Society Inc (1988) 62 ALJR 153 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) William Daniel Clapin (Respondent) Representation: Counsel R Stitt QC (Applicant) T Lynch (Respondent) R J Collins (Applicant) T A Williams (Respondent) File Number(s): 092034