Ban on lawyer’s practicing certificate can’t be retroactive, appeals court says

Legal Ethics 2022-05-26 5:20 pm | Sydney
An appeals court has overturned a decision banning a lawyer from practice with retrospective effect and ordering her to pay $20,000 in legal costs, after a tribunal sanctioned her for allegedly misleading a court employee and making “offensive” remarks in 2016.
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