In the matter of an application by Gadd

[2013] NTSC 13

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Legal Practitioners (Northern Territory)
2. › Application for admission
3. › Referral from Legal Practitioners Admission Board
4. › no positive submissions by Law Society challenging admission
5. › Law Society raise issues to be considered by the Court in the decision as to fitness to be admitted.
1. Legal Practitioners (Northern Territory)
2. › Application for admission
3. › fit and proper person
4. › duty of disclosure
5. › initial disclosure of prior criminal history inadequate
6. › not a deliberate omission by the applicant
7. › timing of disclosure not adverse to application
8. › disclosure of applicant not reckless
9. › whether prior discreditable conduct relevant to suitability.
1. Legal Practitioners (Northern Territory)
2. › Application for admission
3. › prior finding of guilt
4. › conviction for purposes of Act
5. › prior acquittals
6. › misconduct not the subject of criminal charges
7. › whether discreditable conduct relevant to suitability
8. › evidence of current character.
1. Legal Practitioners (Northern Territory)
2. › Application for admission
3. › whether applicant rehabilitated
4. › applicant found to now be of good fame and character
5. › applicant found to be fit and proper for admission
6. › Legal Profession Act 2006 s 32(1), s 11.