Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Karimjee [2021] NSWCA 179

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Karimjee [2021] NSWCA 179 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 17 August 2021 Decision date: 17 August 2021 Before: Meagher JA, Payne JA, McCallum JA Decision: (1) Order pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) on the grounds set out in ss 8(1)(d) and 8(1)(e) prohibiting for a period of 80 years the disclosure by publication or otherwise anywhere in the Commonwealth of Australia of: (a) the identities of the alleged victims, or the parents or other family members of the alleged victims, in respect of proceedings 2012/280081, 2012/285455 and 2012/285639, or information tending to reveal the identity of those persons in connection with these proceedings; and (b) the name that is underlined in paragraph [25] of the confidential Agreed Statement of Facts filed contemporaneously with the Amended Summons in these proceedings; (2) Declare that Hussein Karimjee is not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll of Australian lawyers maintained pursuant to s 22 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law; (3) Order that the name Hussein Karimjee be removed from the roll. Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – disciplinary proceedings – practitioner convicted of offence under s 319 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – whether probably permanently unfit to practise – order removing name from roll CIVIL PROCEDURE – hearings – suppression and non-publication orders – whether necessary to ensure consistency with extant suppression order of the District Court – where name published in publicly available judgments – no basis for order Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), ss 7, 8 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 319 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 131.1(1) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), s 22 Cases Cited: A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (2004) 216 CLR 253; [2004] HCA 1 A2 v R; Magennis v R; Vaziri v R [2018] NSWCCA 174 A2 v R; Magennis v R; Vaziri v R [2020] NSWCCA 7 Burton v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (2019) 100 NSWLR 734; [2019] NSWCA 245 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Jafari [2020] NSWCA 53 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Parente [2019] NSWCA 33 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Zhukovska [2020] NSWCA 163 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Costigan [2013] NSWCA 407 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Einfeld [2009] NSWCA 255 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Power (2008) 71 NSWLR 451; [2008] NSWCA 135 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Siggins [2021] NSWCA 40 Ex parte Lenehan (1948) 77 CLR 403 Kennedy v The Council of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales (1939) 13 ALJR 563 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v McCaffery [2004] NSWCA 470 R v A2 [2019] HCA 35; (2019) 93 ALJR 1106 R v A2; R v KM; R v Vaziri (No 13) [2015] NSWSC 1543 R v A2; R v KM; R v Vaziri (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1221 R v A2; R v KM; R v Vaziri (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1306 R v A2; R v KM; R v Vaziri (No 8) [2015] NSWSC 1472 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant) Hussein Karimjee (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: TL Wong and S Jeliba (Applicant) J Sutton – solicitor (Respondent)