When will the sanctions be applied? (The cases)
- S10E5
- 56:35
- May 21st 2025
Apologies folks, this is a long one!!
00:00 - When will a lawyer be struck off?
01:14 - Some examples & questions
04:17 - Gross Neglect or Delay - LSC v Treby [2009] VCAT 1603
04:53 - LSC v Sampson [2013] VCAT 1177
06:54 - A pattern of conduct – LSC v Brott [2011] VCAT 110
08:12 - Sanctions – LSC v Turner [2012] VSC 394
11:41 - In Re a Practitioner (1982) 30 SASR 27 per King CJ
13:24 - Gross Overcharging
14:53 - Factors that may be considered in order to determine gross overcharging
16:50 - Deliberate Lying and other Dishonesty -
17:47 - Trust Account Irregularities: LSC v Chadwick [2013] VCAT 2196
25:08 - Failure to Supervise or be Vigilant - Law Society of NSW v Foreman (1991) 24 NSWLR 408
27:55 - Failure to be vigilant of partners’ activities Re Mayes (1974) 1 NSWLR 19
31:02 - Commission of Crimes - Re Crowley and the Legal Practitioners Act 1893 [1999] WASCA 164.
34:00 - Crimes Unrelated to Legal Practice
35:35 - Ziems v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of NSW (1957) 97 CLR 279
37:19 - LSC v PFM [2014] VSC 341
41:38 - Council of the NSW Bar Association v Einfeld [2009] NSWSC 255
44:03 - Sexual Misconduct - Bar Assoc Qld v Lamb [1972] ALR 285 / Legal Practitioners Conduct Board v Morel (2004) 88 SASR 401
45:44 - Mental Illness + Fit and proper person
46:46 - Re B (a Solicitor) [1986] VR 695
48:58 - The Victorian Bar Incorporated v Himmelhoch [1999] VSC 222
51:25 - Application for Re-admission (Re S (a Solicitor) [1986] VR 743)
53:57 - Ethics in the legal profession
56:20 - Questions? Concerns? Frustrations? Compliments?
Technology, ethics & law
Recordings made for Technology, ethics & law (LAW2600) RMIT LLB program.
Each 'season' is a week of Semester.
Your lecturer
Cath Nolan is a lawyer, design thinker, founder and trusted advisor. Cath has taught various courses at RMIT University over the last 10 years in the Juris Doctor program and Master of Business Administration program - with experience in learning and teaching roles at other institutions. Cath is currently a Senior Knowledge Lawyer at Hall & Wilcox and has previously been a law firm partner, sole practitioner and in-house counsel.
Cath will release lecture and class material at the end of the week before the week in which you will have your tutorials (so, the lecture and class materials for week 1 will become available at the end of O-week, week 2 materials will be released at the end of week 1 and so on.