Law Society of New South Wales v Feeney [2018] NSWCATOD 172

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Law Society of New South Wales v Feeney [2018] NSWCATOD 172 Hearing dates: 10 August 2018 Date of orders: 19 October 2018 Decision date: 19 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President M Sindler, Senior Member M Bolt, General Member Decision: The Tribunal having found that the Respondent has engaged in professional misconduct orders that:

(1) The name of Judy Anne Feeney be removed from the roll; and

(2) Judy Anne Feeney pay the costs of the Applicant as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: Professional misconduct – acknowledgment – contrition – external stressors – references Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Regulation 2005 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Dupal v The Law Society Of New South Wales [1990] NSWCA 56 Kumar v Legal Services Commissioner [2015] NSWCA 161 Law Society of New South Wales v Mattila (No 2) [2018] NSWCATOD 91 Law Society of NSW v Shehadie [2016] NSWCATOD 46 Law Society v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 Re Legal Practitioners Act 1989 to 1936; Re Parbury (Supreme Court of New South Wales of Appeal, unreported, 1 May 1989) Re Melvey; ex parte Law Society of New South Wales (1966) 85 WN (Pt1) NSW 289 at 298 Re Parbury (Supreme Court of New South Wales of Appeal, unreported, 1 May 1989) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Judy Anne Feeney (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P A Madigan (Applicant) S Stanton (Respondent)