Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 443

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 443 Hearing dates: 8 April 2020 Date of orders: 24 April 2020 Decision date: 24 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: (1) The summons is dismissed. (2) The plaintiff is to pay the first defendant's costs. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — remedies — prohibition and certiorari — certiorari — where delegate and committee decisions the subject of application for judicial review were superseded by decisions of the Legal Profession Admission Board — whether relief in nature of certiorari available

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — ground of review other than procedural fairness — irrelevant and relevant considerations — findings of fact — whether decision makers made wrong assumption as to facts

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — bias rule — actual or apprehended — apprehended — whether alleged brevity of reasons provided can found an apprehension of bias or lack of impartiality

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — procedural fairness — what proper exercise of procedural fairness required of decision makers

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — whether reviewable error of law — error of law on the face of the record Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW), rr 29, 30 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 19, 20, 20A NSW Admission Board Rules 2015, rr 11, 12, 13, 27J, 31, 53, 59, 60 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69 Cases Cited: Bond v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (No 2) (1988) 19 FCR 494 Civil Aviation Safety Authority v Central Aviation Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 49; (2009) 253 ALR 263 Cooper v Wandsworth Board of Works [1863] EngR 424 Denver Chemical Manufacturing v Commissioner of Taxation (1949) 79 CLR 296; [1949] HCA 25 DJ Singh v DH Singh [2018] NSWCA 30 FAI Insurances Ltd v Winneke (1982) 151 CLR 342; [1982] HCA 26 Forge v ASIC [No 2] (2007) 69 NSWLR 575; [2007] NSWCA 42 Makowski v Legal Profession Admission Board [2019] NSWSC 921 Michael Wilson & Partners Limited v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 Navazi v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2015] NSWCA 308 Prothonotary v Ord (1976) 1 NSWLR 421 Public Service Board of NSW v Osmond (1986) 159 CLR 656; [1986] HCA 7 Re Costello (a student at law) (1889) 3 QLJ 129 Wishart v Fraser (1941) 64 CLR 470; [1941] HCA 8 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Daniel Makowski (Plaintiff) Legal Profession Admission Board (First Defendant) Acting Executive Officer of the Legal Profession Admission Board (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: H Atkin (First Defendant)