Sullivan v The Queen

[1997] HCATrans 167

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Sydney  No S110 of 1996

B e t w e e n -

THOMAS ROY SULLIVAN

Applicant

and

THE QUEEN

Respondent

Application for order that solicitor has ceased to act

GUMMOW J

(In Chambers)

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT SYDNEY ON MONDAY, 16 JUNE 1997, AT 9.33 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

MR J.C. ALLEN:   I appear for Mr Sullivan, your Honour.  (instructed by T.A. Murphy, Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales)

The application is for an order pursuant to Order 7 rule 7(1) declaring that the Legal Aid Commission no longer acts for Mr Sullivan.

HIS HONOUR:   Yes, that is right.  I have a certificate from the Deputy Registrar dated 13 June 1997 stating, “I have been informed by the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions, solicitor for the respondent, that the respondent does not wish to be represented at the hearing of the summons on 16 June 1997 and will submit to any order of the Court.”

So the order you seek is pursuant to Order 7 rule 7(1), that is right, is it not?

MR ALLEN:   Yes, your Honour.

HIS HONOUR:   The Court declares that - what is the full name of the solicitor?

MR ALLEN:   The Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales, although Terence Anthony Murphy is technically, I suppose, the solicitor on the record.

HIS HONOUR:   That is right, is it not, I think?

MR ALLEN:   Yes, your Honour.

HIS HONOUR:   The Court declares that Terence Anthony Murphy has ceased to be the solicitor acting for the applicant in this proceeding.

That is all that is needed, I think.

MR ALLEN:   Yes, thank you, your Honour.

HIS HONOUR:   Thank you, Mr Allen.

AT 9.37 AM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED