Key cases and sections 20241

Key cases

A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (2004) 216 CLR 253

AB (a pseudonym) v CD (a pseudonym); EF (a pseudonym) v CD (a pseudonym)

[2018] HCA 58

Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB

750

Arthur J S Hall & Co (a firm) v Simons [2002] 1 AC 615

Asia Pacific Telecommunications Ltd v Optus Networks Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC
550

Asia Pacific Telecommunications Ltd v Optus Networks Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC
350

Attorney-General (NT) v Kearney (1985) 158 CLR 500

Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd (2016) 90 ALJR 572

B, Re [1981] 2 NSWLR 372

Badenach v Calvert [2016] HCA 18

Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52

Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow [2019] HCA 29

Boland v Yates Property Corp Pty Ltd (1999) 167 ALR 575

Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd (1999) 167 ALR 575

Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336

Carindale Country Club Estate Pty Ltd v Astill (1993) 42 FCR 307

Chamberlain v Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory (1993) 43 FCR

148

Citicorp Australia Ltd v O’Brien (1996) 40 NSWLR 398

Clyne v Bar Association of New South Wales (1960) 104 CLR 186

Cockburn v GIO Finance Ltd [1996] NSWCA 109

Commissioner, Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Ltd (1997) 188

CLR 501

1
These lists do not preclude the use of other relevant case law or sections (from
the textbook or elsewhere) in any assessment task. These lists may be updated
via the addition of additional cases or sections being referred to in lectures or
vUWS announcements.
Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Diaz [2021] NSWCATOD 9

Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v DRE [2021] NSWCATOD 4

Council of the Law Society of NSW v DXW [2019] NSWCATOD 101

Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Judah [2019] NSWCATOD 135

Council of the Law Society of NSW v Nguyen [2021] NSWCATOD 12

Council of the Law Society of NSW v Walsh [2018] NSWCATOD 196

Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v de Robillard [2021]

NSWCATOD 207

Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (a pseudonym) [2021]
NSWCA 339

Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Einfeld (2009) 258 ALR 768

Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v John Peter Hart [2011]
NSWCA 64

Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Raphael [2021] NSWCATOD
44

D’Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1

Davis, Re (1947) 75 CLR 409

Del Castillo, Re (1998) 136 ACTR 1

Dixon v Legal Practice Board of Western Australia [2012] WASC 79

Dual Homes Victoria Pty Ltd & Ors v Moores Legal Pty Ltd & Anor [2016] VSC
86

Edward Wong Finance Co Ltd v Johnson Stokes & Master [1984] AC 296

Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49

Evatt, Re (1967) 67 SR (NSW) 236

Flower & Hart (a firm) v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1999) 87 FCR 134

Giannarelli v Wraith (1988) 165 CLR 543

Goldberg v Ng (1995) 185 CLR 83

Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674

Harvey v Law Society of New South Wales (1975) 49 ALJR 362

Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539

Heydon v NRMA Ltd (2000) 51 NSWLR 1

Hill v Van Erp (1997) 188 CLR 159

Hodgekiss, Re (1959) 62 SR (NSW) 340

Hodgekiss, Re [1962] SR (NSW) 340

Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher (1909) 9 CLR 655
Jackson (formerly Subramaniam) v Legal Practitioners Admission Board [2007]
NSWCA 289

Jackson (previously known as Subramaniam) v Legal Practitioners Admission

Board [2006] NSWSC 1338

Kendirjian v Lepore [2017] HCA 13

Kennedy v Council of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales (1939)
13 ALJR 563

Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408

Law Society of New South Wales v Harvey [1976] 2 NSWLR 154

Law Society of New South Wales v Moulton [1981] 2 NSWLR 736

Law Society of New South Wales v Starky (unreported, CA(NSW), 13 August

1979)

Law Society of South Australia v Rodda (2002) 83 SASR 541

Law Society of Tasmania v Richardson [2003] TASSC 9

Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory v Chamberlain (1993) 116 ACTR
1

Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory and Chamberlain, Re (1993) 116
ACTR 1

Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee v Dixon [2006] WASCA 27

Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner v Cleland [2021] SASCA 10

NSW Legal Services Commissioner v Cullen [2021] NSWCATOD 130

Legal Services Commissioner v Keddie [2012] NSWADT 106

Legal Services Commissioner v Maddock [2021] NSWCATOD 46

Legal Services Commissioner v Winning [2008] LPT 13

Lenehan, Ex parte (1948) 77 CLR 403

Lewis v Ogden (1984) 153 CLR 682

Liveri, Re [2006] QCA 152

Mayes, Re [1974] 1 NSWLR 19

McCabe v British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd [2002] VSC 73

Meek v Fleming [1961] 2 QB 366

Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls [2009] NSWSC 763

Morrissey v New South Wales Bar Association [2006] NSWSC 323

New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279

New South Wales Bar Association v Davis (1963) 109 CLR 428
New South Wales Bar Association v Jetnikoff (unreported, NSWCA, Kirby P,
Clarke and Cripps JJA, 18 December 1992)

OG (A Lawyer), Re (2007) 18 VR 164

People v Belge 372 NYS 2d 798

People v Belge 376 NYS 2d 771

Photocure ASA v Queen’s University at Kingston (2002) 56 IPR 86

Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (a firm) [1999] 2 AC 222

Propend Ltd v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (1995) 79 A Crim R

453

Prothonotary of Supreme Court of New South Wales v Montenegro [2015]

NSWCA 409

Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Costello [1984] 3

NSWLR 201

R v Anunga (1976) 11 ALR 412

R v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563

R v Hunter & Sara (1999) 105 A Crim R 223

Rondel v Worsley [1969] 1 AC 191

Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Citibank Ltd (1989) 20 FCR 403

Tombling v Universal Bulb Co Ltd [1951] 2 TLR 289

Tuckiar v R (1934) 52 CLR 335

Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Logan [2022] VSC 97

Wentworth v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 239

Wentworth v New South Wales Bar Association (unreported, CA(NSW), 14

February 1994)

White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Flower & Hart (a firm) (1998) 156 ALR 169

Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97CLR
279

Key sections and rules

Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)

Section 5O

Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

 Sections 117-120, 125

Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)

Chapter Part Key sections

1 Preliminary 1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Interpretation 6, 8

2 Threshold 2.1 Unqualified legal practice 9-12

requirements for
legal practice

2.2 Admission 15-23, 25, 29

3 Legal practice 3.1 Introduction 30

3.2 Law practices – general 32-36, 38

provisions

3.3 Australian Legal 42-45, 47, 51-52

Practitioners

66-68, 72, 77, 85-92, 93, 95, 97

3.5 Disclosures

116-117
3.8 Community Legal Centres

4 Business practice 4.1 Introduction 126

and professional
conduct

4.2 Trust money 127-129, 133-140, 143-148,

154-155

4.3 Legal costs 169, 172-175, 177-196, 198-200

4.4 Professional indemnity 209-211

insurance
 4.5 Fidelity cover 218-219, 221, 233

5 Dispute 5.1 Introduction 260-262

resolution and
professional
discipline
5.2 Complaints 265-274

5.3 Consumer matters 285-287, 290

5.4 Disciplinary matters 295-302

5.8 Miscellaneous 321

9 Miscellaneous 9.9 General 466

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW)

S 166 (2) (d) Local regulations pertaining to barristers holding money on account
of costs in advance of the provision of legal services.

Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW)

Key provisions

Part 1 Rule 3

Part 2 Qualifications and training required for admission: rules 5-6, 10

Part 3 Admission procedure: rules 12, 14-19, 21-24

Schedule 1 – Academic areas of knowledge: 13 Ethics and professional

responsibility

Schedule 2 – Practical legal training competencies for entry level lawyers: 18

Ethics and professional responsibility

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW)

Reg 15
For a helpful fact sheet on this topic see
https://www.nswbar.asn.au/docs/webdocs/fees_in_advance_-
_June_2018_(website).pdf)

Legal Profession Uniform Law General Rules 2015 (NSW)

Regs 9-10, 12-13, 16-17, 20, 35-36, 38, 42, 47-48, 72A, 73, 78-79, 91E, Schedule
1

Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015

Key provisions

Part 1 Preliminary rules Rule 3

Part 2 Operational rules Rules 2-15, 17-34, 36-37, 42-43

Glossary of terms

Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015

Key provisions

Introduction Rules 3-4

Advocacy rules Rules 8-26, 28-95, 101-123, 125