Catchwords:

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – practising certificate subject to conditions relating to financial management and tax affairs – barrister contravened conditions – whether psychiatric disorder provided “reasonable excuse” to justify not treating contraventions as professional misconduct

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – barrister made representations to Bar Council – Tribunal found that those representations knowingly false – whether open to Tribunal to make those findings – whether Court of Appeal in position to make findings determining issue

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – barrister made representation as to future conduct namely that would sell property to discharge tax liabilities – where barrister acted contrary to representation – whether that conduct constituted professional misconduct

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – finding of professional misconduct – whether barrister a fit and proper person to remain on Supreme Court roll of lawyers