COMPARISON OF STATE LEGAL REGULATOR REFERRALS TO THE TRIBUNAL

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

6.15

4.76

4.55

2.00

3.83 3.01

1.00

1.93

1.76
0.94

0.00

South Australia asmania State Tribunal Referral Rate (exQueenslandNSW Total Tribunal Referral Rate T Average Western Australia Law Society/Bar Assoc NSW NSW) Victoria OLSC NSW

STATSICALLY FOR EVERY 1 PRACTITIONER REFERRED BY STEVE MARK TO THE TRIBUNAL EACH STATE REFER 14 P

Average Number of Complaints Received Per Year

Average Number of Complaints Referred to Tribunal Per Year

Commissioner's State

Percentage of Complaints Referred to Tribunal Per Year

South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Queensland Victoria NSW Total Law Society + Bar Assoc NSW OLSC NSW

302.4 105 1168.5* 1168.5* 1914.4* 2659.8 597.3 2062.5

18.6 5 25.6 25.6 36.4 25.7 20 5.7

6.15% 4.76% 4.55% 1.93%* 1.76%* 0.94% 3.01% 0.27%

Data Compiled from each States annual reports (viewable online) * Most Conservative figure Note: Highest referral states South Australia, Tasmania, WA are boards and have oversight of complaints Note the Tasmania figure is lower than it should be as 10 practitioners were referred in the first 18 months of (calculated conservatively over 2 years)

6. NSW . NSW OLSC received 26,598 written complaints in 10 years. . The OLSC NSW dealt with 20,625 complaints and the Law Society/Bar Association NSW dealt with a total . Commissioner Steve Mark referred 57 practitoners to the Tribunal from 20,625 cases dealt with (0.27% ref . The Law Society / Bar Assoc NSW have referred 200 cases to the tribunal from 5973 giving them a referra . This gives NSW the lowest state Tribunal referral rate of 0.94% and Steve Mark's 0.27% referral rate amongst all the legal regulators . Commissioner Mark deals with 2062 written complaints per year whilst Tasmania deal with 105 writ (over 19 times less than Commissioner Mark) but they both refer around 5 practitioners per year to the

States
South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Average State Tribunal Referral Rate (ex NSW) Law Society/Bar Assoc NSW Queensland

Referral Rates
6.15 4.76 4.55 3.83 3.01 1.93 % % % % % %*

Victoria NSW Total Tribunal Referral Rate OLSC NSW

1.76 %* 0.94 % 0.27 %

ALS TO THE TRIBUNAL

0.27

W Total Tribunal Referral Rate OLSC NSW

HE TRIBUNAL EACH STATE REFER 14 PRACTITIONERS!

Percentage of referral rates higher than OLSC NSW

Number of Years Data extracted from State Regulators' Annual Reports

2277% 1762.00% 1685%* 714.00% 651%* N/A 1114.00% N/A

5 years 2 years 7 years 6 years 5 years 10 years 10 years 10 years

and have oversight of complaints

ere referred in the first 18 months of the Board operating

r Association NSW dealt with a total of 5973 in 10 years. m 20,625 cases dealt with (0.27% referral rate). unal from 5973 giving them a referral rate of 3.01%. d Steve Mark's 0.27% referral rate the lowest

whilst Tasmania deal with 105 written complaints ound 5 practitioners per year to the Tribunal