Quinones v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2023] NSWCATOD 43

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Quinones v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2023] NSWCATOD 43 Hearing dates: 30 November 2022 Date of orders: 03 April 2023 Decision date: 03 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President A Suthers, Principal Member M Bolt, General Member Decision: (1) The protective orders of the Council of the Law Society of New South Wales dated 27 January 2022 are varied as follows: (a) The Applicant is reprimanded; (b) The Applicant shall, within two months of the date of these orders: (i) complete an ethics tutorial with the Respondent's Ethics Unit which addresses the issues arising in these proceedings; and (ii) within seven days of completing that tutorial, is to provide to the Respondent's Director, Legal Regulation (Director) a report which demonstrates, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Director, the Applicant's understanding of matters dealt with in the tutorial. (c) The Applicant is no longer required to provide an apology to the Complainant. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS – legal practitioners – misconduct and discipline – unsatisfactory professional conduct – statutory review under s 299 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) of decision of local regularity authority – failure of solicitor to pay barrister in a timely way or take timely steps to cause barrister's fees to be assessed Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW), ss 63, 66 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 36, 38, 60, Sch 5 cl 20 Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW), ss 180, 198, 296, 299, 301(3), 314 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), s 126 Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW), r 35 Cases Cited: BRJ v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association [2016] NSWSC 146 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (a pseudonym) (2021) 106 NSWLR 383; [2021] NSWCA 339 Donaghy v Council of the Law Society of NSW (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 224 Donaghy v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2013] NSWCA 154 Drake v Minister of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 2 ALD 60; [1979] FCA 39 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 73 ALD 321; [2003] HCA 26 Hall v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWCATOD 96 In the matter of Spero Pitsikas (1995) 1 LPDR 5 Kenna v Lloyd [2021] NSWSC 1294 Kerin v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1996) 67 SASR 149; [1996] SASC 5650 Law Society of New South Wales v Davidson [2007] NSWADT 264 Law Society of New South Wales v Maharaj [2017] NSWCATOD 79 Legal Services Commissioner v Livers [2017] NSWCATOD 117 McDonald v Director-General of Social Security (1984) 1 FCR 354; [1984] FCA 57 New South Wales Bar Association v. Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177; [1968] HCA 20 Petselis v Tatarka [2019] VSC 8 Re Robb (1996) 134 FLR 294 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority (2008) 235 CLR 286; [2008] HCA 31 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256; [1992] HCA 36 Youssef v NSW Legal Services Commissioner [2020] NSWCATOD 85 Youssef v NSW Legal Services Commissioner (Costs) [2020] NSWCATOD 115 Ziems v The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 270; [1957] HCA 46 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Joseline Quinones (Applicant) Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G D Wendler (Applicant) R Pietriche (Respondent)