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Buckley, Nathan Andrew

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — G & B Lawyers
Case number[2022] NSWSC 328
Date24-Mar-2022
HearingSupreme Court of New South Wales Mr Buckley sought judicial review of the Council of the Law Society of NSW’s decision dated 12 November 2021, pursuant to s82(1)(d) of the Legal Profession Law (NSW) to suspend the plaintiff’s practising certificate until 30 June 2022. Mr Buckley sought relief pursuant to s 69 of the Supreme Court 1970 (NSW) in the nature of certiorari, declaration and injunction.
OutcomeMr Buckley’s amended summons was dismissed with costs $0.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

<p>The Council of the Law Society suspended Mr Buckley’s practising certificate for the period ending 30 June 2022, as it found:</p><p>1. Nathan Andrew Buckley is unable to fulfill the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner as he does not have the ability to discharge his paramount duty to the administration of justice.</p><p>2. Nathan Andrew Buckley is unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner as he does not have the ability to discharge his duty not to engage in conduct which is likely to a material degree to be prejudicial to, or diminish confidence in, the administration of justice.</p><p>3. Nathan Andrew Buckley is unable to fulfill the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner as he does not have the ability to discharge his duty not to engage in conduct which is likely to a material degree to bring the profession into disrepute.</p><p>4. The Solicitor is unable to fulfill the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner as he does not have the ability to discharge his duty to be honest and courteous in all dealings in the course of legal practice</p>

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

SanctionSuspension
Dishonesty foundNo

The Council of the Law Society suspended Mr Nathan Andrew Buckley's practising certificate for the period ending 30 June 2022, finding he was unable to fulfil the inherent requirements of an Australian legal practitioner, including discharging duties to the administration of justice, avoiding conduct that brings the profession into disrepute, and being honest and courteous in dealings. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.

Duties found breached:

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

Duties engaged

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