Council of the Law Society of NSW v Petrovich [2019] NSWCATOD 44

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of NSW v Petrovich [2019] NSWCATOD 44 Hearing dates: 25 February 2019 Date of orders: 28 March 2019 Decision date: 28 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President J Pheils, Senior Member B Thomson, General Member Decision: (1) The solicitor be reprimanded; and (2) The solicitor pay the costs of the applicant as agreed or assessed Catchwords: Instrument of consent – professional misconduct – reprimand Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) No 16a Cases Cited: A Solicitor v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2004] 216 CLR 253 Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Powell [2019] NSWCATOD 24 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Yang [2017] NSWCATOD 44 Law Society of New South Wales v Thompson [2018] NSWCATOD 57 Law Society of NSW v Autore [2017] NSWCATOD 168 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Vic Petrovich (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Muston SC and Ms Ambikapathy (Respondent)

Solicitors: Council of the Law Society of NSW (Applicant) File Number(s): 2018/00234669 Publication restriction: Unrestricted