Council of the Law Society v Cummins [2015] NSWCATOD 116

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society v Cummins [2015] NSWCATOD 116 Hearing dates: 21 September 2015 Date of orders: 21 September 2015 Decision date: 21 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Patten, Principal Member M Riordan, Senior Member S Hayes, General Member Decision: 1. The solicitor is reprimanded. 2. The solicitor, at his own expense, is to undertake within 6 months of the date of the orders made by the Tribunal [and during which the solicitor holds a current certificate], the course known as Professional Responsibility (the course) as conducted by the College of Law and therein achieve a pass mark of not less than 50% (the Pass Mark). a) The solicitor will, within seven (7) days of receipt of the result of the course provide to the Manager of the Professional Standards Department of the Law Society of NSW (the Manager) the original result notification from the provider of the course. b) Should the solicitor fail to achieve the Pass Mark, he shall complete any further course in Legal Ethics as approved by the Manager until such time as he achieves the Pass Mark. c) Should the solicitor fail to achieve the Pass Mark within the time period in 2 above, his practising certificate shall be suspended until such time as he achieves the Pass Mark. 3. The solicitor pay a fine in the sum of $2,000. 4. The solicitor pay the Society's costs agreed at $2,000. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of NSW (Applicant) Paul Bernard Cummins (Respondent) Representation: