<p><span style="color: black;">Ground 1: Fundamental breaches of the </span><em style="color: black;">Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015,</em><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;in summary</span><em style="color: black;">:</em></p><p><span style="color: black;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;invoking the coercive powers of the Supreme Court against an officer of the Court (solicitor) resulting in the solicitor having to cease acting for his client and being required to defend himself when there was no reasonable justification in the materials then available to the barrister;</span></p><p><span style="color: black;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the making of unfounded serious allegations of misconduct against a solicitor;</span></p><p><span style="color: black;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;an awareness by the barrister of the seriousness of the allegations being made;&nbsp;and</span></p><p><span style="color: black;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;conduct which was clearly considered and not on the spur of the moment given that the&nbsp;barrister had been alerted to the shortcomings of the allegations and pleadings that he had authored but persisted with the claims seeking to justify them in written submissions.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black;">Ground 2: Failure to comply with an order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales to pay a personal costs order dated 7 June 2017</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/17d9ca604b1e475fabfcc99d&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v de Robillard [2021] NSWCATOD 207</a> (Finding 10/12/2021</p><p><a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/188981b7c8aefc7b97b433e7&quot; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56);">Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v de Robillard [2023] NSWCATOD 75</a> (Disciplinary Action 01/06/2023)</p>