Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Zaki [2019] NSWCATOD 40

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Zaki [2019] NSWCATOD 40 Hearing dates: 12 December 2018 and 27 February 2019 Date of orders: 19 March 2019 Decision date: 19 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President M Harrowell, Principal Member E Hayes, General Member Decision: (1) The solicitor is reprimanded; (2) The solicitor is to pay a fine of $1,000.00 within three months of the date of these orders; and (3) The solicitor is to pay the costs of the Law Society as agreed or as assessed. Catchwords: Section 371 Notice – breach – professional misconduct Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) No 16a Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Bechara v Legal Services Commissioner [2010] NSWCA 369 Law Society of New South Wales v Walsh [1997] NSWCA 185 NSW Bar Association -v- Howen [2003] NSWADT 117 The Council Of The New South Wales Bar Association v Sahade [2007] NSWCA 145 Veghelyi v The Council of the Law Society of NSW (Supreme Court of NSW 1989 unreported) Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Nader Youssef Zaki (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Council of the Law Society of NSW (Applicant) N Zaki (Self Represented)(Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00208745 Publication restriction: Unrestricted