Council of the Law Society of NSW v Yang (No. 2) [2017] NSWCATOD 111

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of NSW v Yang (No. 2) [2017] NSWCATOD 111 Hearing dates: 04 July 2017 Date of orders: 04 July 2017 Decision date: 04 July 2017 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Cowdroy QC ADCJ, Principal Member M Riordan, Senior Member E Hayes, General Member Decision: (1) The respondent is reprimanded.

(2) The respondent is to pay the applicant's costs of these proceedings, agreed in the amount of $5,750, to be paid within 6 months of 4 July 2017. Catchwords: Solicitor – disciplinary application – penalty – costs Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Legislation Amendment Act 2015 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of NSW v Yang [2017] NSWCATOD 44 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Kim [2012] NSWADT 45 at [33] & [34] Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Morgan [2015] NSWCATOD 71 at [81] Law Society of New South Wales v Moulton [1981] 2 NSWLR 736 Legal Services Commissioner v Piper [2006] NSWADT 12 Mee Ling v Law Society of New South Wales [1974] 1 NSWLR 490 at 497 & 498 Re Lenehan (1949) 77 CLR 403 at 421 & 422 [1948] HCA 45 Ex parte Macauley (1930) 30 SR( NSW) 193 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of NSW (Applicant) Seung Phil Yang (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Pierotti (Applicant) T Hancock (Respondent)