Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Moore [2018] NSWCATOD 145

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Moore [2018] NSWCATOD 145 Hearing dates: 9 August, 2018 Date of orders: 24 August 2018 Decision date: 24 August 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: The Hon F Marks, Principal Member C A Ludlow, Senior Member M E Bolt, General Member Decision: (1) The application is dismissed (2) Costs are reserved with liberty to apply which should be exercised within one month of this date Catchwords: Legal Practitioner – application for disciplinary findings – filed out of time – application for extension of time in which to commence proceedings – probable failure by Legal Services Commissioner to delegate complaint to Law Society - principles applying to application to extend time – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW). Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Barrett v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 304. Commissioner of Taxation v Donoghue [2015] FCAFC 183 New South Wales Bar Association v LI (No 2) [2006] NSWADT 263 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Simeon Peter Moore (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: PA Madigan (Applicant) TA Williams Solicitor (Respondent)