Law Society of New South Wales v McCartney [2017] NSWCATOD 130

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Law Society of New South Wales v McCartney [2017] NSWCATOD 130 Hearing dates: 12 July 2017 Date of orders: 25 August 2017 Decision date: 25 August 2017 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President N Matkovich, Senior Member J Schwager, General Member Decision: (1) The respondent is reprimanded; (2) The respondent shall pay the applicant a fine of $2,500.00 payable within two months of the date of this order; and (3) The respondent will pay the applicant's costs as agreed or assessed Catchwords: Unsatisfactory professional conduct – Professional misconduct Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment Act 2015 Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Council Of The New South Wales Bar Association V Sahade [2007] NSWCA 145 Fraser v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [1992] NSWCA 72 Law Society of New South Wales v Shad [2002] NSWADT 236 Law Society of New South Wales v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 Xu v Council of the Law Society of NSW [2009] NSWCA 430 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Duncan Grant McCartney (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr Pierotti (Applicant)