Davison v Legal Profession Admission Board [2019] NSWSC 959

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Davison v Legal Profession Admission Board [2019] NSWSC 959 Hearing dates: 23, 25 May, 20, 21 June 2018 Decision date: 06 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: PROFESSIONS AND TRADES – lawyers – application for readmission to practice following decision to remove name from Roll – whether plaintiff is a "fit and proper person" to be admitted to the Australian legal profession Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 309P Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 91 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth), s 264 Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), s 25(1) Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW), r 10(1) Legal Profession Uniform Law, ss 16(1), 17, 17(2)(b), 26(1), 28(1) Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth), ss 8C(1)(a), 8C(1)(f) Cases Cited: Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Davison [2005] NSWADT 252 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Davison [2006] NSWSC 65 Council of the NSW Bar Association v Davison [2006] NSWSC 699 Davison v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association [2007] NSWCA 227 Dawson v Law Society of New South Wales [1989] NSWCA 58 Ex parte Dennis; Re The Legal Practitioners Act (Court of Appeal (NSW), Samuels JA, 23 December 1988, unrep) Ex parte Tziniolos; Re Medical Practitioners Act (1966) 66 SR (NSW) 448 Gregory v Queensland Law Society Incorporated [2002] 2 QDR 583; [2001] QCA 499 Hilton v Legal Profession Admission Board [2016] NSWSC 1617 Hilton v Legal Profession Admission Board [2017] NSWCA 232 King v Muriniti [2018] NSWCA 98 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins [2001] NSWCA 284 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Montenegro [2015] NSWCA 409 Saunders v Legal Profession Admission Board [2015] NSWSC 1839 The Council of the Law Society of NSW v Seymour [1999] NSWCA 117 Category: Principal judgment Parties: William Roy Davison (plaintiff) Legal Profession Admission Board (first defendant) The New South Wales Bar Association (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Condon SC, J Heazlewood (plaintiff) K Richardson SC, NB Oreb (second defendant)