On 15 June 2000 the Bar Council of the New South Wales Bar Association resolved, pursuant to sec 37(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act 1987, to cancel the practising certificate of Dr Van Thieu Nguyen.
On 13 August 2001 the Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal ordered that the name of Dr Van Thieu Nguyen be removed from the Roll of Legal Practitioners.
On 16 December 2002 the Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal made, inter alia, an order that Dr Van Thieu Nguyen be found guilty of professional misconduct with respect to the conduct contained in Ground 1 of the Information filed 31 May 2001 by the Council of The Bar Association of New South Wales that between 18 December 1998 and 30 December 1998 he received, in the course of practising as a barrister, money on behalf of another person.
On 10 April 2003 the Tribunal considered the issue of penalty and costs. The Tribunal made the following orders:
- That Dr Van Thieu Nguyen pay a fine of $15,000
- That Dr Van Thieu Nguyen be publicly reprimanded
- That Dr Van Thieu Nguyen pay the costs of the Bar Council.