On 8 March 2006 the Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal handed down its findings and penalty with respect to an Information filed by the Council of The New South Wales Bar Association in respect of Timothy Meakes.

The Tribunal found Timothy Meakes guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct on two grounds:  (1) gross overcharging, and (2) failing to provide a fee agreement or a fee disclosure as required by Part 11 of the Legal Profession Act 1987.

The Tribunal ordered that Timothy Meakes be publicly reprimanded, and that Timothy Meakes pay the Bar Council’s costs as agreed or assessed.

On 6 December 2006 the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in The Council of NSW Bar Association v Meakes [2006] NSWCA 340.  The Court of Appeal allowed the Bar Council's appeal and set aside the orders made by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal on 8 March 2006.  

The Court of Appeal found Timothy Meakes guilty of: (1) professional misconduct with respect to the first ground of gross overcharging and (2) unsatisfactory professional conduct with respect to the second ground of failing to provide a fee agreement or a fee disclosure as required by Part 11 of the Legal Profession Act 1987.

The Court of Appeal ordered that Timothy Meakes be publicly reprimanded and pay the Bar Council's costs of the Tribunal proceedings and the appeal proceedings.