Council of the Law Society of NSW v Mahony [2017] NSWCATOD 1

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of NSW v Mahony [2017] NSWCATOD 1 Hearing dates: 1 August 2016 and 9 November 2016 Date of orders: 04 January 2017 Decision date: 04 January 2017 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President N Isenberg, Senior Member J Schwager, General Member Decision: (1) The respondent is guilty of professional misconduct; (2) That the respondent be reprimanded; (3) That the respondent must pay a fine of $4,000.00 within two months of the date of these orders; and (4) That the respondent pays the costs of the applicant as agreed or assessed Catchwords: Legal Profession Act, professional misconduct, imposition of a fine Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act, 2013 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Uniform Law Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Andreone (NO.1) [2014] NSWCATOD 49 Council of the New South Wales Law Society v Ly [2011] NSWADT 210 Council of the New South Wales Law Society v Vaughan [2015] NSWCATOD 156 Fraser v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [1992] NSWCA 72 Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman [1994] 34 NSWLR 408 Law Society of New South Wales v Gathercole [2016] NSWCATOD 27 Law Society of New South Wales v Georges [2008] NSWADT 82 Law Society of New South Wales v Martin [2010] NSWADT 245 Law Society of New South Wales v Shad [2002] NSWADT 236 Law Society of New South Wales v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 Legal Services Commissioner v Wen [2016] NSWCATOD 36 Russo v Legal Services Commissioner [2016] NSWCA 306 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society (Applicant) John Francis Thomas Mahony (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr Maddigan (Applicant) Mr J T Johnson (Respondent)