Decision record

Donnelly, Bruce Leicester

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales

BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)

Professionbarrister

Case number[2003] NSWADT 3

Date09-Jan-2003

HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

OutcomeCosts Practitioner to undertake and complete further legal education Reprimand The Bar Association not to issue a practising certificate to Mr Donnelly before 1 March 2003 $0.00

Allegation / charges

In respect of the first Information Bruce Leicester Donnelly is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for: (a) Failed to make satisfactory arrangements for representation of a client while he was overseas; (b) Filed process on behalf of a client in a court in his own name; (c) Failed to make disclosures to direct access clients as required by the New South Wales Barristers’ Rules; (d) Failed to make fee disclosures as required by the Legal Profession Act 1987; (e) Witnessed affidavits contrary to the provisions of the NSW Oaths Act ; and (f) Served court process and related breaches of New South Wales Barristers’ Rule 75. In respect of the second Information Bruce Leicester Donnelly is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for: (a) Failed to appear on behalf of a client; and for (b) Failed to make satisfactory arrangements for a client to be represented at a court hearing. In respect of the third Information Bruce Leicester Donnelly is guilty of professional misconduct in that : (a) Practised as a barrister without being the holder of a practising certificate as a barrister at the relevant time; and (b) Misled the Bar Association when completing an application for a practising certificate.. — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther

Dishonesty foundNo

Bruce Leicester Donnelly was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct on the first Information (six matters, including failing to arrange client representation, filing process in his own name, disclosure and fee-disclosure failures, improperly witnessing affidavits, and Rule 75 breaches) and the second Information (failing to appear and failing to arrange representation). He was found guilty of professional misconduct on the third Information for practising as a barrister without a practising certificate and misleading the Bar Association in a practising certificate application. The tribunal did not make an express finding of dishonesty, and no sanction is recorded in the text provided.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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