BARRISTER’S SUSPENSION
Assn. Seeking Debarment (N.Z. Press Asm.—CopprigM) SYDNEY, May 23. The full High Court has granted special leave to appeal to the Bar Association of New South Wales against a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal to suspend Mr Clive Andreas Evatt, jnr., from practice as a barrister. The Bar Association had asked the High Court to rule that the Court of Appeal was in error in failing to have Mr Evatt’s name removed from the roll of barristers. The Court also granted Mr Evatt leave to cross-appeal to the Court on any matter he wished to raise. The Court of Appeal on April 27 last suspended Mr Evatt from practice as a barrister for two years for professional misconduct. In suspending him, the Court found he had facilitated a system whereby two solicitors were able to make extortionate and grossly excessive charges to clients. The Court of Appeal also found that' Mr Evatt had charged fees which were excessive.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31377, 24 May 1967, Page 7
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