In the matter of an application by Thomas John Saunders

[2011] NTSC 63

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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1. Legal Practitioners (northern Territory)
2. › application for admission to practise
3. › application opposed by the Law Society
4. › whether the applicant is of good fame and character
5. › whether the applicant is a fit and proper person
6. › prior conviction
7. › partial disclosure
8. › attempt to minimise culpability
9. › application dismissed.
1. Criminal Code (Cth), s 135(2)(1); Legal Profession Act, s 11, s 25(2)(b) and s 32(1),(3); Legal Profession Admission Rules, r 10and r 18
1. Re Hampton [2002] QCA 129; Re OG (A Lawyer) [2007] VSC 520; (2007) 18 VR 164; Thomas v Legal Practitioners Admission Board [2004] QCA 407; (2005) 1 Qd R 331, applied.
1. Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales v Meagher [1909] HCA 87; (1909) 9 CLR 655; Re Deo [2005] NTSC 58; (2005) 16 NTLR 102; Wentworth v The New South Wales Bar Association [1992] HCA 24; (1992) 176 CLR 239 followed.

Citation[2011] NTSC 63

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JurisdictionNorthern Territory

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