Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Siggins

• 1. Legal Practitioners
  2. › Fitness to practise
  3. › Removal from roll
  4. › Court's inherent jurisdiction to supervise and discipline legal practitioners
  5. › Whether barrister a fit and proper person to remain on the roll
  6. › Dishonest misrepresentations to regulatory authorities as to principal place of practice
  7. › Whether representations made knowingly false
  8. › Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), s 22
• 1. Legal Practitioners
  2. › Practising certificates
  3. › Requirement to obtain local practising certificate
  4. › Practitioner whose principal place of practice is in New South Wales
  5. › Failure to obtain NSW practising certificate
  6. › Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), s 45(6)
  7. › Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), Sch 3 cl 5
• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Justiciability
  3. › Whether 'matter' arising under the Constitution
  4. › Challenge to validity of provisions of another State's legislation
  5. › Whether controversy between challenger and relevant polity
  6. › Whether State joined as party
  7. › Constitution, s 76(i)
  8. › Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B(1A)(b)
• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Section 117
  3. › Rights of residents in States
  4. › Whether practitioner resident in legislating State
  5. › Whether disability or discrimination imposed on resident of another State
  6. › Whether burden unaffected by change of residence
  7. › Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), s 45(6)

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