Stephenson v Bartlett

[2025] TASFC 9

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeals from statutory tribunals
3. › Parties to appeal
4. › Whether tribunal or subject of complaint is proper respondent
5. › Legal Profession Act 2007 (Tas), s 484
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeals from statutory tribunals
3. › Interlocutory orders
4. › Amendment of grounds of appeal
5. › Case management
6. › Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tas), r 705
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeals from statutory tribunals
3. › Role of tribunal on appeal
4. › Whether tribunal should be party to appeal from its own decision
5. › Independence of decision-making body
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Adjournment
3. › Consent to adjournment
4. › Whether appeal lies from order consented to
5. › Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 (Tas), s 43(a)

Quick Take

In appeals from the Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal under the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Tas), the proper respondent is the legal practitioner who was the subject of the complaint, not the Tribunal. The Tribunal has no legal personage and should not be made a party to an appeal from its own decision. The Supreme Court Rules concerning discovery and interrogatories (rr 386, 387, 406, 410) have no application to appeals from statutory tribunals.