Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Selim [2016] NSWCATOD 29

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Selim [2016] NSWCATOD 29 Hearing dates: 28 January 2016 Date of orders: 16 March 2016 Decision date: 16 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Fairlie, Senior Member M Riordan, Senior Member R Fitzgerald, General Member Decision: 1. The Respondent is guilty of professional misconduct as alleged in grounds 1 to 4 of the Application. 2. The Respondent's name is removed from the Roll 3. The Respondent is to pay the Law Society's costs of and incidental to the Application, as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: Solicitor – Professional Misconduct – Making and propounding a false Statutory Declaration – Submitting documentation for the purposes of obtaining a loan that falsely purported to have been witnessed by a person that the Solicitor knew had not witnessed them – Attempting to mislead the Law Society. Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 2004 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act (No. 2) 2013 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 New South Wales Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 2013 Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Flynn [2013] NSWADT 70 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins [2001] NSWCA 284 Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 279 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Sahar Selim (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant in person) No appearance (Respondent) File Number(s): 1520154 Publication restriction: Not applicable