Law Society of New South Wales v Do [2018] NSWCATOD 151

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Law Society of New South Wales v Do [2018] NSWCATOD 151 Hearing dates: 24 August, 2018 Date of orders: 05 September 2018 Decision date: 05 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Hon F Marks, Principal Member M Sindler, Senior Member B G Thomson, General Member Decision: 1. The name of the respondent Tien Ngoc Do (also known as Ngoc Tien Do) is removed from the roll of local lawyers.

2. The respondent is to pay the costs of the applicant in an amount assessed in default of agreement Catchwords: Legal practitioner – application for disciplinary findings – application undefended – numerous incidents of failure to maintain trust account and failure to account for monies received – held respondent guilty of professional misconduct – held removal from roll is appropriate protective order – costs order made Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Regulation 2005 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Tien Ngoc Do (also known as Ngoc Tien Do) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Flax solicitor (applicant)

Solicitors: Law Society of NSW (applicant) File Number(s): 2018/0082129 Publication restriction: Non-publication order of the name of any former client of the respondent and any information which may tend to identify any such former client