Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Nguyen [2016] NSWCATOD 141

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Nguyen [2016] NSWCATOD 141 Hearing dates: 5 September 2016 Date of orders: 18 November 2016 Decision date: 18 November 2016 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President N Isenberg, Senior Member E Hayes, General Member Decision: (1) Thai Le Huu Nguyen is guilty of professional misconduct; (2) The name of Thai Le Huu Nguyen be removed from the roll of local legal practitioners; and (3) The Solicitor pay the costs of the Law Society as agreed or assessed Catchwords: Legal Profession Act ss 243, 254, 255 Professional misconduct, ss 497, 562 Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Barry John Penfold [1997] NSWLST 23 Dupal v the Law Society of New South Wales [1990] NSWCA 56 Law Society of New South Wales v Goold [2001] NSWADT 171 Law Society of New South Wales v Jones [unreported decision dated 27 July 1979] Law Society of New South Wale v McCarthy [2003] NSWADT 198 Law Society of New South Wales v McNamara [2007] NSWADT 162 Law Society of New South Wales v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Thai Le Huu Nguyen (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) T Nguyen (Respondent in person) File Number(s): 1520200