Office of the Legal Services Commissioner

<p>In respect of the first Information Bruce Leicester Donnelly is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for:</p><p>(a) Failed to make satisfactory arrangements for representation of a client while he was overseas;</p><p>(b) Filed process on behalf of a client in a court in his own name;</p><p>(c) Failed to make disclosures to direct access clients as required by the New South Wales Barristers’ Rules;</p><p>(d) Failed to make fee disclosures as required by the Legal Profession Act 1987;</p><p>(e) Witnessed affidavits contrary to the provisions of the NSW Oaths Act ; and</p><p>(f) Served court process and related breaches of New South Wales Barristers’ Rule 75.</p><p><br></p><p>In respect of the second Information Bruce Leicester Donnelly is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for:</p><p>(a) Failed to appear on behalf of a client; and for</p><p>(b) Failed to make satisfactory arrangements for a client to be represented at a court hearing.</p><p><br></p><p>In respect of the third Information Bruce Leicester Donnelly is guilty of professional misconduct in that :</p><p>(a) Practised as a barrister without being the holder of a practising certificate as a barrister at the relevant time; and</p><p>(b) Misled the Bar Association when completing an application for a practising certificate..</p>

[<a href="https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/549f62183004262463a2156a&quot;&gt;NSW Bar Association v Donnelly [2003] NSWADT 3 revised 11 March 2003</a>]