Farah v Director General, Department of Finance and Services [2013] NSWADT 198

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Farah v Director General, Department of Finance and Services [2013] NSWADT 198 Hearing dates: 4 April 2013 Decision date: 03 September 2013 Jurisdiction: General Division Before: S Montgomery, Judicial Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: Real Estate Agent - Licence cancelled - disqualified person - offence involving dishonesty Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 Cases Cited: Barber v Law Society of NSW (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 861 Bek v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2004] NSWADT 149 Doyle v Commissioner of Police [1999] NSWADT 84 Eleter v Director General, Department of Fair Trading [2002] NSWADT 138 Hadroj v Director General, Department of Fair Trading [2002] NSWADT 95 Harries v Commissioner for Fair Trading, NSW Office of Fair Trading [2006] NSWADT 203 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v The State of New South Wales [1955] HCA 28; (1955) 93 CLR 127 Hunt v Director General, Department of Services Technology and Administration [2010] NSWADT 186 Joyce v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2000] NSWADT 17 Joyce v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2000] NSWADTAP 17 Kerkham v Director General, Department of Fair Trading [2002] NSWADT 63 Nizhnikov v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2006] NSWADT 284 Parvin v Commissioner· for Fair Trading [2005] NSWADT 34 Pollard v Commonwealth DPP (1992) 28 NSWLR 659 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Livanes [2012] NSW Court of Appeal 325 Purdon v Dittmar [1972] 1 NSWLR 94 RTA v Sharp Towing Pty Ltd and Ors (GD) [2008] NSWADTAP 49 Song v Commissioner for Fair Trading, NSW Office of Fair Trading [2006] NSWADT 218 Yelland v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2005] NSWADT 293 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Glenn George Farah (Applicant) Director General, Department of Finance and Services (Respondent) Representation: Counsel P Griffin (Respondent) B Compton, Leverage Australia (Applicant) Department of Finance and Services File Number(s): 123303