Sadiq v Legal Services Commissioner [2017] NSWCATOD 43

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sadiq v Legal Services Commissioner [2017] NSWCATOD 43 Hearing dates: 7 November 2016 Date of orders: 13 February 2017 Decision date: 13 February 2017 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President N Isenberg, Senior Member E Hayes, General Member Decision: On 13 February 2017 the Tribunal made the following orders:

(1) The decision of the Respondent the subject of these proceedings is set aside; (2) The complaint against the Solicitor is dismissed; (3) Pursuant to section 64(1)(b) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (the NCAT Act) the Registry and the parties are prohibited from publishing or broadcasting the reasons for the orders made in these proceedings until further order; (4) Notwithstanding order 3 above, the Registry is directed to forward a copy of these reasons for decision to the parties; (5) The parties are directed to make any submissions in writing that they wish to make within 14 days as to whether the Tribunal should make any order under section 64 of the NCAT Act by which any evidence recorded in these reasons for decision is redacted or otherwise restricted from publication; (6) If neither party makes a submission contemplated by direction (5) above, the Tribunal will publish these reasons for decision and if the parties do not communicate with the Tribunal within 14 days the Tribunal will publish these reasons for decision; (7) If either party makes a submission applying for an order to be made under section 64 of the NCAT Act the Tribunal will list the proceedings for a hearing on that issue; and (8) Notwithstanding order 3 the parties may provide a copy of these reasons for decision to their respective legal advisors