Recent Cases

Montenegro v Legal Profession Admission Board (No 4) [2026] NSWCA 199 (17 September 2026) (Adamson and Ball JJA, Price AJA)


Catchwords:


LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – application for readmission – decision by Legal Profession Admission Board to refuse to issue compliance certificate – where conflict of interest declared by member of the LPAB at relevant meetings – whether decision of LPAB vitiated by the conflict of interest or alleged deficiencies in its recording – whether LPAB failed to consider the applicant’s “law-related experience”