A client's claim before VCAT under s 122(1)(b) of the Legal Practice Act 1996 (Vic) is a dispute about pecuniary loss, not a conduct complaint; the Tribunal investigates alleged misconduct only for the purpose of determining whether the client suffered pecuniary loss as a result, not as an abstract inquiry into misconduct. An appeal as of right on a question of law under s 170(1) does not permit challenge to factual findings unless the finding was not open and was critical to the ultimate conclusion.
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