Bryl v Law Society of New South Wales

• 1. Occupations
  2. › Legal practitioners
  3. › Solicitor's practising certificate
  4. › Renewal
  5. › Whether Council entitled to make findings relevant to fitness and propriety under Ch 3 when conduct allegations fall within Ch 5
  6. › Whether Chapters 3 and 5 mutually exclusive
  7. › Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 45, 97
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Jurisdictional error
  4. › Whether decision-maker proceeded under correct statutory power
  5. › Whether maxim expressum facit cessare tacitum applied to confine power to Ch 5
  6. › Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 45, 97, 260, 296, 297, 298, 299
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Procedural fairness
  4. › Hearing rule
  5. › Whether adequate notice given of matters to be considered
  6. › Whether failure to provide additional particulars constituted denial of procedural fairness
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Apprehended bias
  4. › Whether preparation of materials and draft resolutions by Director of Professional Standards established predetermination or apprehended bias

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