Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Low [2019] NSWCATOD 154

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Low [2019] NSWCATOD 154 Hearing dates: 15 April, 25 September 2019 Date of orders: 09 October 2019 Decision date: 09 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: J Wakefield, Senior Member G Ulman, Senior Member B Thomson, General Member Decision: (1) The application for disciplinary proceedings is dismissed. (2) No order as to costs with the intent that each party pay their own costs of and incidental to the proceedings. Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – application for disciplinary findings – whether complaint validly made to or by the New South Wales Legal Services Commissioner – whether valid delegation of function to initiate proceedings given by the Legal Services Commissioner to the Council of the Law Society of New South Wales – whether jurisdiction – dismissal of proceedings – costs Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Judah [2019] NSWCATOD 135 Council of the Law Society of NSW v DXW [2019] NSWCATOD 101 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Chee Kiong Low (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Respondent (Self Represented) File Number(s): 2018/00363802 Publication restriction: Nil