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Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Johnson [2013] NSWADT 19 Hearing dates: 23 October 2012 Decision date: 29 January 2013 Jurisdiction: Legal Services Division Before: M Chesterman, Deputy President J Wakefield, Judicial Member E Hayes, Non-judicial Member Decision: 1. The Respondent is guilty of professional misconduct as alleged in the Application. 2. The Respondent is reprimanded. 3. A practising certificate is not to be issued to the Respondent until he has complied with the Notice under section 660 of the Legal Profession Act served on him on 7 August 2010 or has satisfied the Applicant's Manager, Professional Standards, by statutory declaration as to the reasons why he is unable to do so. 4. The Respondent is to pay the Applicant's costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: Solicitor - disciplinary proceedings - failure to comply with statutory notice requiring information and documents - failure to assist Investigator Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Rules 1998 Legal Profession Act 2004 Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Autore [2012] NSWADT 139 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Ekes [2012] NSWADT 266 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Carbone [2011] NSWADT 32 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Tsalidis (No 2) [2010] NSWADT 297 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Tsalidis (No 3) [2012] NSWADT 229 Malfanti v Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal & Anor [1993] NSWCA 171 Veghelyi v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales, Unreported, Supreme Court, 6 September 1989, Smart J Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Joseph Adam Johnson (Respondent) Representation: L Pierotti, Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) No appearance (Respondent) File Number(s): 112027
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